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According to the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases, "about 1-3 human rabies cases are reported in the US each year": https://www.nfid.org/infectious-d
by cperciva 1y ago
According to the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases, "about 1-3 human rabies cases are reported in the US each year": https://www.nfid.org/infectious-disease/rabies/ https://www.nfid.org/infectious-disease/rabies/
I would say that 6 deaths is definitely high compared to 1-3 cases.
- Retric 1y ago1-3 cases is nearly equivalent to 1-3 deaths. Rabies is almost 100% lethal after symptoms develop, and we don’t count people exposed who don’t develop symptoms as a rabies case.
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