Vaccinated dog tests positive for rabies, at least 13 people PEP so far

34 pointsposted 15 hours ago
by stockresearcher
(cookcountyil.gov)

5 Comments

johng

13 hours ago

From what I've heard and seen, dying of rabies has to be one of the worst possible ways a human can go.

vunderba

12 hours ago

Though it has a lower mortality rate (rabies is a slate cleaner) - the tetanus end-game looks pretty rough as well. Vaccines FTW.

paulcole

14 hours ago

What is this doing on the front page?

retrac

14 hours ago

> a rare case of rabies in a dog within the City of Chicago. This is the first rabies-positive dog identified in Cook County since before 1964

Rabies is quite rare in dogs in the USA. And breakthrough rabies in a previously vaccinated animal is exceptional.

Unusual behaviour from infectious diseases often gets attention on HN.