> (or else you still have a not exactly known but reasonably high risk of death) Survival in dogs with post-vaccine high-titer challenge is very, very high 5 y

> (or else you still have a not exactly known but reasonably high risk of death) Survival in dogs with post-vaccine high-titer challenge is very, very high 5 years after vaccination-- >80%. > The main benefit of pre-exposure vaccination is that if somehow you have no access to the vaccine the day of exposure, you might still have a (small?) chance of survival. "Small" chance of survival seems pessimistic as a way to describe this. The main advantage of vaccination is that if you have an undetected bite or exposure, you are still probably okay. This is something that someone who routinely handles bats or other wildlife that may carry rabies might want. A secondary advantage is you need half as many post-exposure treatments after a known bite, which are both expensive and painful (immunoglobulin injections all around are not so fun). Also, "day of" seems like hyperbole: it is routine to wait 10 days for test results of probably-healthy animals before starting post-exposure treatment.