last year, a bat ran into a guy's hand, and he got a small scratch. He developed rabies and died. I don't want to sound alarmist, but if I were you, I'd get a shot just in case.
I know there is a lot of room to make jokes here but generally when a bat behaves so peacefully and erratic is because they are in the final stage of rabies. After the onset of the rabid aggressive behavior induced by the virus bats and other mamals get to a sophomore state really tame and passive. They are still contagious and vector at this stage. Not to alarm you but you should get a rabies shot because he came into contact with your face. Also if you have pets it could be safe to give them the vaccine as well because is so easy for a cat or dog to mess around with a rabid bat without you noticing.
andy0x2a on May 23rd, 2020 at 16:23 UTC »
You may want to get a rabies shot, just in case.
last year, a bat ran into a guy's hand, and he got a small scratch. He developed rabies and died. I don't want to sound alarmist, but if I were you, I'd get a shot just in case.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/rabies-death-bc-vancouver-island-bat-1.5213460
oddtropicalbird on May 23rd, 2020 at 16:27 UTC »
I know there is a lot of room to make jokes here but generally when a bat behaves so peacefully and erratic is because they are in the final stage of rabies. After the onset of the rabid aggressive behavior induced by the virus bats and other mamals get to a sophomore state really tame and passive. They are still contagious and vector at this stage. Not to alarm you but you should get a rabies shot because he came into contact with your face. Also if you have pets it could be safe to give them the vaccine as well because is so easy for a cat or dog to mess around with a rabid bat without you noticing.
got-it-wrong on May 23rd, 2020 at 19:26 UTC »
This is the Harry Potter way of delivering the news that you have covid