Sea of Rabies, Free of Rabies
Dog rabies is gone. In the US. Done for. Bye-bye.
I have trouble believing that anything is ever really over, but here’s what Dr. Charles Rupprecht, a CDC rabies expert, told Reuters (link to story at Yahoo news here):
“Even though we still live in a sea of rabies and even though we have rabies viruses circulating among raccoons and foxes and bats, the dog rabies virus, which is the most responsible for dog-to-dog transmission and which is still the greatest burden to humans … it is that virus that has been eliminated.”
Eliminated. Wow.
Even so, I’m a bit taken by the idea of a sea of rabies. So I googled “sea of rabies.” Know what I found?
Dr. Charles Rupprecht, throughout the years, telling everyone about how we are all living in a sea of rabies.
I wanna cool line like that. These days, I’m most easily found by typing in things like “egg laying hentai” or “pokeporno” (Symptoms of a Girl - that’s me!). I mean, those things are pretty cool, I guess, if you’re into…those sorts of things. Me, I’m more into a sea of rabies.
Anyway, hooray for us and for dogs and hooray for Dr. Charles Rupprecht.
Dogs will still need to be vaccinated, ’cause dog rabies lives on all over the world.
We now live on an island in a sea of dog rabies.
Goodnight. Sleep tight. I promise that the bedbug story is coming.
ps - I was gonna put up a picture of a rabid dog, but it was too upsetting to look at. I would put up a picture of egg-laying hentai or pokeporno, but a) I don’t really know what either one entails, and b) I think it might get me into some trouble. I don’t wanna drag 451 Press into the gutter now, do I? Of course, I’m assuming that egg-laying hentai and pokeporno belong in the gutter. Perhaps that’s presumptuous of me. I apologize in advance.
pps - If you’re into all things meta, you’ll be pleased to know that, by typing this post into the internet, I’ve managed to a) link myself to “sea of rabies,” and b) link Dr. Charles Rupprecht and 451 Press to egg-laying hentai and pokeporno.
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February 18th, 2009 at 11:26 pm
thanks !! very helpful post!