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Something that never made sense to me: Why don't we just vaccinate everyone for rabies?
by harimau777 2y ago
Something that never made sense to me: Why don't we just vaccinate everyone for rabies?
- kylehotchkiss 2y agoWe have treatment regimens post exposure, and these are available worldwide: https://www.nyc.gov/assets/doh/downloads/pdf/vet/what-to-expect-rabies-pep.pdf https://www.nyc.gov/assets/doh/downloads/pdf/vet/what-to-exp... The amount of people getting rabies doesn't warrant the vaccine. It's not widely transmitted person to person. I guess we could vaccinate all the animals. Then we get the same antibiotic resistance questions other diseases have.
- fragmede 2y agobecause it's not life long protection and the threat level isn't that high. compare it to the Chickenpox vaccine regime, which needs to be taken once for life long protection. that makes sense to give to everybody. rabies protection only lasts a few years. the chances you'll get exposed to rabies naturally are relatively low, compared to chicken pox. (low doesn't mean zero, and if you're a rural inhabitant, it'll be higher). finally, these things aren't free, so that gets factored into things as well.
- apple4ever 2y agoI thought that too, but we only have a limited supply of it, its not without its own risks, and we get 2-3 cases per year of it - mostly due to vaccinating those exposed, and the 2-3 that happen, such as this case, should've known but didn't.