Comment by jliptzin

I’ll never understand why the recommendation is for people with no training or experience in handling wild animals whatsoever is to expect them to catch a potentially rabid bat instead of just vaccinating them. Even if someone manages to catch the bat and it tests negative for rabies, then what? What if the test isn’t 100% accurate? Would you trust it? Considering how awful and deadly the virus is, I would not care what the test result is, I’d want the vaccine. I got it about 10 years ago, it was a series of 3 shots and was no big deal. We give rabies shots to dogs and cats constantly, why do humans have to jump through hoops to get it?