DallasNews.com | News for Dallas, Texas | Latest News<\/a><\/p>\nHow unlucky can you get?<\/p>\n
First, why do we need to know how these people are? I don’t know how that serves anyone.<\/p>\n
In case you are wondering, rabies is a serious problem in Texas. We are under a state wide quarentine, and theorically law enforcement can stop you and demand proof of rabies vaccine. I’ve never had it happen and haven’t met anyone who has had it happen.<\/p>\n
I’ve never attended a class where I didn’t have to provide proof, and I always insisted on it when I taught obedience. I’ve known of obedience instructors who didn’t and had gotten bitten by dogs who had not ever been vacinated AND had no history — came from a shelter.<\/p>\n
It is serious enough that back when I was teaching dog obedience I was seriously considering getting a rabies vacination. Main reason I didn’t, was that the rabies vaccine while available, is more of a problem getting access to it, then getting access to treatment.<\/p>\n
We’ve had a lot of cases of rabies in the area. We’ve had whole litters of puppies given away “free to a good home” infected with rabies.<\/p>\n
By the way, the only way to diagnose rabies is to remove the brain and do some testing. It does not happen overnight.<\/p>\n
And hopefully none of the health care workers involved have rabies. Nasty stuff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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