Wednesday, July 25, 2012

A Searing Narrative of Rabies, and the Desperation to Forget It




When thinking about vaccinating your pets, do you ever think about protecting not just them, but yourself as well? James Gorman, read a book, “Rabid: A cultural History of the World’s Most Diabolical Virus,” considering himself a public health hero, for simply vaccinating his dog.  

Gorman read that, “rabies, on its inexorable death crawl through the nervous system to the brain, can cause sustained erections, and on rare occasions frequent, and uncontrollable ejaculations in human males.” Although, in developing countries rabies is not a common disease to get, in the rest of the world, mainly Africa and Asia, 55,000 people die each year of rabies. 

People assume rabid dogs are stray, but in Africa, most of these rabid dogs are owned.  

This ARTICLE goes to show just how important it is to vaccinate your pets, not only for their own health, but for your own! 


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