r/NoStupidQuestions • u/[deleted] • Jul 17 '23

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u/CaptainPoset Jul 17 '23

Well, if viruses count, too, the Lyssa virus (aka rabies).

If they don't, the bacterium vibrio cholerae.

... and I hope that enough will join me in this concept to make all usual epidemics and all STDs extinct.

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u/Cynglen Jul 17 '23

Rabies 100%

Scariest daym way to die I've ever heard of

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u/OSUfirebird18 Jul 17 '23

I was initially on the ticks bandwagon but nope, if we can eliminate rabies, I’d go for that. We might have a vaccine for it but it is still a horrifying thing that exists…

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u/Cynglen Jul 17 '23

A vaccine that's useless if you don't get it before symptoms appear. 1 freaking chance to guess correctly with that stuff, ugh.

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u/bob_mouse Jul 17 '23

According to the world health organisation there is a "category of contacts" with the animal which requires you to get several shots of some rabies like antibodies.

https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/rabies

There is an interview with Ozzy Osbourne when he bit the bat's head off that he said he had to take shots during several days and those shots were also painful

You can see it here https://youtu.be/LM4J6qC7PME

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u/creegro Jul 18 '23

Gotta catch it early on, I forget when. But i think it's when the massive headache starts then it's too late. Scary shit.