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Child dies from rabies after bat found in room, Canada officials say. (www.cbsnews.com)

submitted 7 months ago by BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world to c/canada@lemmy.ca

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[-] brrt@sh.itjust.works 4 points 7 months ago

How do you think the child got rabies in this situation?

[-] JustZ@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

Obviously they overlooked a scratch or a bite. Rabies isn't airborne.

[-] brrt@sh.itjust.works 3 points 7 months ago

This you?

No scratches, no bite. Why would they?

[-] JustZ@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

What do you mean? Yes. They checked the kid over and saw nothing. Obviously there was an exposure that either left no mark, left a mark that appeared normal, or the parents didn't see it.

[-] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago

Maybe it drooled into their open mouth or something. Or onto their hand and later they picked their nose.

[-] JustZ@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Sounds possible. Bats are mammals, maybe it sneezed, covered, but didn't wash it's hands, gave the kid a high five, and then the kid wiped a booger out of his eye with it.

Poor kid, never had a chance.