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KillstardoAbominate t1_ja8y2s2 wrote

Reply to comment by Affectionate_Emu7964 in I found a bat in my pool. He’s very much alive. I set him in the sun to dry out away from my dog by Handicapreader

That's 1-3 cases of active infection, at which point it's almost guaranteed fatal. Per the CDC, 30,000-60,000 people require postexposure prophylaxis per year. This is for the US.

https://www.cdc.gov/rabies/location/usa/surveillance/human_rabies.html

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KillstardoAbominate t1_ja8x8zx wrote

Reply to comment by Handicapreader in I found a bat in my pool. He’s very much alive. I set him in the sun to dry out away from my dog by Handicapreader

The link you shared shows bats having the second highest number of positive rabies cases. But also, who gives a fuck if the chance of it having rabies is low? If you handled it with no gloves (hell even if you did use gloves imo,) you should talk to your doctor. Rabies is fatal once you start showing symptoms.

For the record, I'm glad you saved it because, as you said, they are an incredibly important part of nature. But that doesn't change anything else I said.

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Orkleth t1_ja8wahi wrote

Reply to So much wrong here by adlinn21

I imagine the turf itself should be a deterrent enough to people wanting to fuck on it. It's like sex on the beach, seems like a good idea but it'll mess up your skin and you'll still find bits of rubber weeks later.

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