Families - the human cost of rabies

Rabies is a deadly but preventable disease. So why are there still thousands of fatalities each year?
This video explains about rabies as a neglected tropical disease and showcases people’s stories in places where rabies is a very real daily threat.
Nurses and doctors from a bite center share their experiences of patients who suffer and explain the barren and dark room in which patients are kept.
Real footage of a person in care and the distress of his son visiting him.
Parents share painful memories about the loss of children and the knowledge that once symptoms are visible, there is no longer any hope for cure.
The need for vaccination and a comprehensive prevention plan is highlighted.
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[@Q..J..]

If rabies is 100% fatal at a particular stage and the physicians are absolutely certain - then the patient should be overdosed to allow them to drift into a forever sleep. They shouldn’t be allowed to suffer. I’m sure a veterinarian wouldn’t allow a dog with advanced rabies to suffer and would put that dog out of its misery. Why is it so difficult to do that to a human who you know has zero chances of survival?

[@HisSweetheartRejectedOne]

I completely agree. We do it for our animals yet it's illegal for humans.

[@4amcripple]

This video leaves off the fact that a 5 year old girl survived after already showing symptoms for 40 hours.

[@kathybrem880]

It’s not though, several people have survived but it’s extremely rare

[@tajoamha8531]

Animals can't be compared to humans.Unlike human beings, animals don't have souls.Killing a human being in any form amounts to murder.

[@valethewolf49]

I agree 100%. Same with cancer and other situations where death is certain. Why we allow such suffering is beyond me.

[@ibuprofenPill]

If there was ever a case for euthanasia, this is it. No one should be made to suffer such a slow, horrific and painful death.

[@sorayawhetung8661]

i’d rather shoot myself then have rabies

[@kaileyallen7563]

@@sorayawhetung8661 same here

[@djkoenig4716]

Sometimes they give an anesthesia to make the patient unconscious & also so when they go through the violent stage (experiencing the urge to fight, trying to escape, injuring themselves &/or hospital staff, spreading the virus to others & experienceing extreme panic & psychosis). It is 100% fatal once symptoms begin in a patient.

[@Funnylittleman]

@@djkoenig4716 not 100%, but close enough. There have been a handful of people that have survived rabies with intensive medical care in the last decade.

[@iiLoveAutumn]

@@Funnylittleman Yes, true... Not 100% by scientific means. 99% would be the correct declaration. A girl from the US survived after she got bitten by a bat.

[@_ramiyeon]

“Once a patient gets rabies, he is locked inside a room and he stays there until he dies.” Damn that's just terrible..

[@lordfatcock]

The old guy pleading for his son to release him. That’s so terrible…..

[@JimmyStruthers1000]

I know. So sad for him, he didnt do anything to deserve that crap.. Rip..

[@jennh2096]

This is so inhumane to allow these people to suffer like this. They should be sedated until the end.

[@mattagon6407]

That isn't possible in poorer less developed countries, the amount of money required is considerably more than just tying them in a locked room.

[@user-jg9rp5qf4g]

There is an alternative to euthanasia (in Canada we call it "medical assistance in dying", or MAiD) called palliative sedation therapy (PST). It involves heavily sedating the patient to the point of unconsciousness until death occurs. This is an option that individuals with religious objections to euthanasia often prefer-it is functionally identically to euthanasia without the hastened death part. Unfortunately, as another commenter pointed out, PST is expensive. It would be cost prohibitive to offer PST for all patients in developing countries. The resources simply aren't there. And even they were, I think at that level of triage, much of the funding would be directed elsewhere. This is the reality of triage when healthcare resources are scarce, such as in many parts of the world.

[@sassyfras4085]

@@user-jg9rp5qf4g it can be done in the US. We did for both parents and as an RN had patients with it as well. It's a full D.N.R. (do not resuscitate), but with option for comfort. Pain meds used will keep them sedated.

[@user-jg9rp5qf4g]

@@sassyfras4085 I was more referring to PST in developing nations where access to medical care may be more scarce. In a triage situation, I can realistically see resources being diverted elsewhere. I'm Canadian, and all patients here are offered both MAiD (euthanasia) and PST upon request. We're on universal health care, so all costs are covered by the government. I was just pointing out to the OP that I agree that MAiD/PST should be available for everyone, regardless of where they're located, because while location can vary human pain does not. Tragic, really.

[@sassyfras4085]

@@user-jg9rp5qf4g agree.

[@AndrewBarsky]

I live in China and was bitten by a shop keepers dog. The guy immediately paid me enough money for a vaccination at the dog bite hospital. Took him up on his offer, dog seemed perfectly healthy but just not well behaved. Wasn’t about to take any chances though.

[@rabiesalliance]

It is very wise to not take chances and treat a bite as if it may be from a rabid animal because once symptoms develop, it is too late to cure. Visit our website for more info rabiesalliance.org

[@canuck21]

Tell the dog owner to have his dog vaccinated.

[@MAllen-ng8pl]

So his lunch took a bite out of you?

[@tappai]

@@MAllen-ng8pl see yourself out

[@AndrewBarsky]

@@canuck21 In all actuality it probably was. But is that a gamble I’m gonna take? Nah

[@IAmBuddythedecibwave]

I'm crying. Those poor patients...the old man was already struggling. I could see it. Rabies is beyond cruel and absolutely terrifying.

[@AtarahDerek]

GARC would like you to know, too bad, so sad, let the old dude rot like a zombie and wallow in his excruciating pain. Because science.

[@warrax111]

we need to eradicate that disease.

[@virginiaafentoulis9432]

Yes let's eradicate this horrible disease for humans and animals and save thousands of the vulnerable from suffering.

[@aes1373]

​@virginiaafentoulis9432 sadly it seems this will never be the case. The virus has a wide range of reservoirs (hosts almost) that allow it evolve to a different strain and spread. Thats why for example small pox is eradicated bcs it only has us as humans to infect and no other host to carry for it to evolve. Almost there with Polio. Rabies can infect any mammal and so can evolve to a different strain.

[@AlesAmazigh]

@@warrax111 Nah. Natural selection has to do its thing, somehow.

[@envisionwewew2270]

You can prevent this from happening in your house. If you have a cat or a dog keep them up to date on their rabies vaccines. Also never let your dog or dogs run loose outside.Always keep them on a leash when walking them. Never fed wild animals either.

[@rabiesalliance]

This is particularly true for places such as in the USA. In other parts of the world where "owned" animals are more "community" animals, it can ben more challenging to implement.

[@dr.altoclef9255]

In the shelter I work at, we have a community animal program that helps a bit with cases like this. However we only do it with cats at the moment, because there are more of them. People can find these cats and bring them to the shelter, so they can get treated for any problems, given rabies shots, given parasite prevention and special markings to show that they’re community pets. People can volunteer to act as safe houses for these pets, giving them food, water and a safe place to hide. They also keep an eye on the animal’s health and would act if anything seemed to be wrong.

[@soxpeewee]

​@@rabiesalliance maybe global practices need to change if it will save lives

[@fortnitefun2404]

These are mostly wild dogs!

[@dr.altoclef9255]

@@fortnitefun2404 I wonder if people could get together and help the dogs. Maybe have a bunch of people get together and take the dogs to the vet.

[@k.r.3598]

Honestly, at this point a respectful application of Euthanasia would be the kindest and most merciful treatment provided to them. Everyone knows that they are condemned to a painful and merciless death. Ending their suffering and providing some dignity and mercy to their passage to the afterlife is surely the most kind and respectful act that they could be granted...

[@jaxrules2892]

You should put them unconscious and inject antiviral drugs first (Milwaukee protocol)

[@semerahpadi4484]

Easier to say than done. No money then how?

[@oneworld10]

"No longer leave the room untill he dies" Wow that's so dark. no hope for the life

[@rabiesalliance]

Unfortunately, no. Once symptoms show, rabies is invariably fatal. We are working to prevent rabies to ensure that no person needs to suffer and die needlessly. We would welcome your support.

[@parrotperson1973]

​@rabiesalliance Incorrect. There have been several dozen late-stage rabies survivors who were never given the vaccine. The first documented was in 2004 when an American girl, Jeanna Geise, was put into a therapeutic coma to treat it. It's pretty embarrassing that you are the supposed Rabies Alliance and are spreading misinformation about rabies! Do a search for "Milwaukee Protocol" for more info.

[@sazzy6264]

ONE completely PREVENTABLE death is too many. Education and healthcare is key, and needs to have more attention in areas where this disease is at high-risk for transmission.

[@rabiesalliance]

We completely agree with you. That is why we work to eliminate rabies through education, awareness and various other means! You can play your part by becoming a Rabies Educator in your community. Undertake our free online certificate course and help to share accurate and life-saving information with others. Read more about our Rabies Educator Certificate course here: bit.ly/3rgJtbv

[@AtarahDerek]

The completely preventable SUFFERING of existing rabies patients is too much too. Put them in a coma. They're gonna end up there eventually anyway, and there is literally NO reason any person with a conscience and two brain cells to rub together would intentionally leave someone to go through the worst part of the disease when they can just skip to the sleepy time part. Especially when skipping to the sleepy time part is LITERALLY THE ONLY WAY people have survived the disease. To torture someone to death because you "can't prove that treating them will heal them" makes you as bad as Hitler.

[@diggylicious9415]

My brother is a living miracle after he got rabies. It already spread to his body and he had hallucinations, water and light phobia. We got rejected at 1st a Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center because they do not have the capacity to treat him and their assessment was that my brother was on the advance stage of rabies infection. So we brought him to Chong Hua Hospital and again we got rejected so my father became violent and only then they attended to my brother. They injected tons of anti rabies vaccine all throughout his body from head to toe. They gave him IV anti.viral drugs. My brother miraculously survived and after we got out from the hospital my parents took him to a somebody who does traditional tandok. My brother is now 30 yrs old and have 2 sons. He was 6/7 yrs old when he got rabies infection.

[@user-jg9rp5qf4g]

If this is indeed true, you should contact the World Health Organization (WHO), your local health authority, your President/Prime Minister/King/Queen/National Head/everyone else in the damn universe because your brother is a scientific miracle. You will have every scientist and medical institution in the world pounding on your door.

[@AutisticBeaver]

@@user-jg9rp5qf4g Scientists should examine his immune system because he has tcells of steel.

[@annipsy2185]

incredible. and most of all incredible that you didnt give up

[@brucewayne4036]

@@AutisticBeaver he is now 30 as he said and the patiemt was 6/7 years old, I doubt the anti cells are stoill there since they can only last about 3 maybe 6 months or maybe years. But yes we should try doing it on patients because they have nothimg to lose, I mean, they are suffering as if their soul is being extracted from their body

[@UnwrittenSpade]

@@user-jg9rp5qf4g I just watched like 5 documentaries on it and they all said there had been 5 or 6 survivors throughout recent times so it can happen but damn near 100% do not survive. So I believe the person who says their brother lived. The documentaries all said the survivors probably had some genetic advantages that are unknown

[@carabiner7999]

Jesus, how absolutely heartbreaking. I can't believe these poor victims have to experience their final days in such horrific agony. A medically induced coma would be so much more humane.

[@michaelthomas115]

I'm a 45 year old man. My dad is my best friend!! Just watching this brought tears to my eyes. I don't even want to imagine how his son felt not being able to untie his dad.

[@bakchodbabajijoletajaancho2538]

❤❤

[@ronnbot]

Grew up in the Philippines. One time when I was out with my dog, he was bitten by another (probably a stray) and died shortly after. I found solace in the thought of having been protracted by him and that he succumb peacefully in his sleep (lethargic).

[@rabiesalliance]

So sorry to hear... that must have been a difficult experience for you...

[@brisiabarragan1400]

My mom was bitten when she was a child. They put her in coma for 6 weeks or so and she received injections 💉 around the belly button

[@JustinTuyay-kg9lo]

Did she survived?

[@CherokeeBird]

​@JustinTuyay-kg9lo I'd say yes, because she had a child. The commenter. 😊

[@idagenova7519]

My mother was also bitten by a rabid dog in the 1930's. Fortunately, the vaccine was available. My Mom received the vaccine, along with another girl who was bitten trying to protect her. She remembered the injections as extremely painful.

[@pinkpugginz]

My family member was bit by a bat and they said the rabies vaccine was incredibly painful like acid going into your vein

[@amandalove2657]

The mother and sister were clearly such a loving, caring family. This is just heartbreaking. When someone gets so bad that they are suffering, euthanasia should be implemented.

[@texastea5686]

I know. Omg their pain 😢 💔

[@janinebotossopassos9075]

i had the same feeling they seemed very good people

[@pinkpugginz]

I'm surprised they don't just allow them to have street drugs

[@Komodokiss]

This has to be the most terrifying deasease, even above cancer and hiv. I pray no family has to go throuh this.

[@GidgettheMidget1103]

OMG! Those poor people and their families. The physical pain is palpable. It’s disgusting that someone has to die like that.

[@ThanosTheManos]

Honestly in places where rabid animals are rampant, children should be vaccinated BEFORE bites even happen, and get booster vaccines every year! This disease is too deadly and too easily preventable to NOT have it as a mandated treatment.

[@JaySilva88]

Unfortunately the companies that make the vaccine ask an arm, a leg and two kidneys for each vaccine. Capitalism!

[@AliciaGuitar]

Also, rabies vaccines are more invasive and complicated than regular ones. This is from the Mayo Clinic: Rabies shots include: A fast-acting shot (rabies immune globulin) to prevent the virus from infecting you. This is given if you haven't had the rabies vaccine. This injection is given near the area where the animal bit you if possible, as soon as possible after the bite. A series of rabies vaccinations to help your body learn to identify and fight the rabies virus. Rabies vaccinations are given as injections in your arm. If you haven't previously had the rabies vaccines, you'll receive four injections over 14 days. If you have had the rabies vaccine, you'll have two injections over the first three days. So you see, in developing countries it would be nearly impossible to subject the entire population to 14 days of shots. Then boosters every year. Until our medical tech improves, preventative vaccines for all is not likely.

[@suzanneraymundo5835]

@Zyphervern the cost in the states is even worse. 1 shot is roughly around $1000 to 10,000 alone. That is, without the emergency room and doctor's bill. It can go up to 27k. But guess what, the reason for this exorbitant price is bec of the packaging. Most pharma would make a statement with how they change the packaging and this increased the price by 100%.

[@hicknopunk]

You do not understand the rabies vaccine. You cannot take it before getting rabies. It is not safe if you are healthy. I've tried to get it before and it really isn't a vaccine like you are thinking of.

[@ItIsYourMom]

@@suzanneraymundo5835 My friend was bitten by a bat - the rabies shots cost $18k! Her insurance covered some, but she had to pay thousands out of pocket. The vaccine series had to be administered at the hospital (the only place that had the vaccine in our area) so each time she went for the series it was treated as a new hospital admittance! $$$

[@osamabinballin5369]

I once got scratched by a stray dog back when I was kid, I panicked so hard that I ran as quickly as I can to our home and thoroughly clean and sanitized the scratched area a lot, thinking that the dog that scratched me has rabies, but luckily, the dog didn't have it, I just overreacted

[@rabiesalliance]

Better safe than sorry and yes, it can be very frightening when you are in a place you know has rabies... after all, despite being preventable, it is also lethal once symptoms show.

[@Ethan-ee8rv]

You didn’t overreact

[@l21n18]

@@rabiesalliance it’s so scary, I never pet or get close to an animal I don’t know has had shots

[@rabiesalliance]

@@l21n18 prevention is best!

[@chaver19xx]

it is better to overreact than to not react at all. you are only tryinh to ssve your one and only life. ❤

[@jilltraver8607]

Rabies is truly the only thing that really freaks me out.

[@Alexfilms_03]

Rabies is the only preventable illness that genuinely horrifies me. Absolutely terrifying way to die.

[@atsunome]

That, and Prions.

[@jilltraver8607]

@@atsunome Yes!

[@AshleyAshleyAshley395]

Watching the elder man made me cry. How sad 😭

[@rabiesalliance]

It is, especially knowing that these deaths are completely unnecessary because rabies is vaccine-preventable and therefore can be eliminated.

[@sofialilja7708]

@@rabiesalliance Curious question - Do they not give any palliative care? From what I know, they sedate rabies patients in the west. Does not seem to be the case here?

[@Klbkchhezeim]

@@sofialilja7708 It is possible, but where will they get the money to administer palliative care? Especially since most of the families in this region live on a hand-to-mouth basis. So yeah, most people can't really do anything at this point.

[@jonassantos4037]

when i was still a student nurse, we used to go there as a part of my internship. omg! the place was very dirty and smells really bad as well

[@barneyronnie]

I truly feel for these people .

[@EDITMODE]

"They might bite other people" I really didn't think that would happen when a human has rabies. Humans when aggressive will typically fight using their hands, other animals will bite because they don't typically fight with paws/hands when aggressive but will use their mouths instead. So when I heard that I was amazed.

[@ekyanso4253]

From what I understand the aggression comes from the virus trying to spread. Since it spreads through saliva, it makes sense it would cause humans to bite too.

[@kitarramezaza]

Closest thing to zombies isn’t it

[@AtarahDerek]

Rabies compels its victims to chew because that's the primary means by which it spreads. Even an animal that relies almost entirely on claws or other body parts as a first line of defense will go straight to biting because of rabies. Rabid animals also engage in cribbing, which is chewing on fixed objects like bars, tree roots, your screen door, etc. Which is one reason it might not be immediately recognizable in livestock, which also engage in cribbing as an anxious habit, even when healthy.

[@dr.altoclef9255]

It’s attacking the brain, so by that time these people may not be thinking about how to fight. They only might be thinking about biting and attacking anything around them.

[@quijybojanklebits8750]

We are animals and are subject to instinct, though we function mostly off drive not instinct, we have the capacity to become feral when pressed or pushed to our limits. We become true animals when distressed significantly, we lose our rational when driven to the extremes of our ability to cope. This reaction rabies causes is basically hijacking the instinctively conditioned reactions like biting, and in most low iq individuals the use of the mouth as a weapon is quite prevalent. We are both animals and gods, we can see into the future moreso than other animals due to our intellectual superiority amongst other mammals. We control this planet to a high degree and we function as heralds of this planet. The scary part of the rabies virus is that it reverts a man to his instinct and alters the rational of the infected creating a monster and a danger. I agree it is sad but lock them up and provide them with comfort to live out their last days. As an atheist I believe life is all we get but I also believe that I'm missing something. In my projection of reality I perceive us, life, as a single entity similarly to how our cells are different. A muscle cell is quite different than a neuron yet are lumped into a collection of various related cells with carried purposes. We multicellular organisms are an amalgamation of many systems that specialized and learned to work together. Rabies is a virus that interferes with the mammalian metabolism and alters metabolic functions by damaging neurological pathways and degradation of the spinal synapses, this alters awareness and neurotransmitters abundance leading to many feedback loops like hydrophobic and aggressive tendencies. The scary part is the exhibition of symptoms correlates to a high degree of mortality. I truly feel for those afflicted with this horrible disease.

[@childofcascadia]

If I was a billionaire, I would fund rabies vaccination clinics for humans and animals in the poor parts of the world. Rabies is horrific. No one deserves to suffer like that.

[@frootlooper]

Is there a human vaccine? Nevertheless I get your sentiment.

[@viciouslady1340]

And worst of all preventable

[@childofcascadia]

@frootlooper Yep. If you work in animal fields where you encounter potentially rabid animals, or if you are going to the back lands of a developing country with rabies problems you can request a pre-exposure vaccine (rabies PrEP). Its very similar to the one pets get. Its usually 3 shots and works for 3 years. Ive had it due to my working in animal rescue. Its way cheaper than full post-exposure vaccine (rabies PEP) for someone who isnt vaccinated, and less shots too. The protocol for rabies PEP on vaccinated pets and vaccinated humans who may have been exposed is pretty much identical. You get a few extra shots as a failsafe, because you dont f around with rabies. But as long as you are in that 3 year window, youre still pretty safe even if you dont get any additional shots. Thats what kills me. Theres a completely functional vaccine. In the developed world, full blown rabies is very rare because if you get bit by a sick animal like a bat or raccoon, you get full rabies PEP, even if you havent ever been vaccinated. So the only cases are where the people didnt go in after being bit (or in the case of a small animal like a bat, didnt notice) But in the developing countries, both PEP and PrEP are prohibitively expensive for many people, if you even have a way to pay for it, you still have to find a way to the clinic before the rabies virus makes its way to your brain. I once saw a vid of a dad in India being told his little 4 year old girl was bit by a rabid animal. And she was already showing symptoms, meaning its too late. And she was going to die horribly. Im a jaded person. Not much fazes me. And watching that video hurt my heart. No one on this planet should die of rabies in this day and age.

[@Myamirah]

@@frootlooperyes there is a preventative vaccine. In Canada it’s given to high risk individuals like vets or trappers.

[@Myamirah]

There are many people in this world who can afford to do this right now. Unfortunately they don’t care like you do 😢

[@loangeless]

Im so scared of rabies (its rampant in my country, known as the insanity virus) i moved to japan with no knowledge of japanese because rabies doesnt exist there

[@MrTwotimess]

Those who decide on treatments and prevention must attend the last days of a person dying from rabies. It's heart breaking. Control and inoculate stray pets. Also teach kids to avoid wild animals and how to look out for signs of an infected animal. Do not ignore minor bites - get the patient to a clinic as soon as possible. 24 hours after an infected bite makes all the difference between life and death. The injections are unpleasant but rabies is much, much worse than the discomfort from the treatment.

[@Apvizionz]

We let countless numbers of people suffer unfathomably agonizing deaths because euthanasia is an offensive concept to some people. I hate humanity so much sometimes.

[@HisSweetheartRejectedOne]

Same. It's cruel not to offer it!

[@4amcripple]

It's also expensive, so a lot of countries don't really have access to sedation for comfort or palliative care.

[@HisSweetheartRejectedOne]

@@4amcripple that suckssss.

[@AnitaJobby]

This puts our life into perspective: we think we've got big problems.

[@al3xh4n46]

We? I’ve almost gotten the disease twice. You think you’ve got big problems .

[@AnitaJobby]

@@al3xh4n46 Subjectively

[@AnitaJobby]

@@al3xh4n46 and what do you mean by 'almost?' Like I almost di£d yesterday being run over by a bus, almost di£d in my sleep because of sleep apnoea, almost never come across another tw@t, etc. Almost. Such a relative thing, isn't it?

[@al3xh4n46]

@@AnitaJobby Oh my god are you okay

[@kiara198923]

This made me cry. It seems so inhumane.

[@okiksotam6763]

Unfortunately, in the philippines. The rabies vaccine was expensive. The poor cannot afford it.

[@brucewayne4036]

Thank you GARC for spreading awarness for this disease, I just hope it doesnt mutate and can get spread via air

[@rabiesalliance]

Thank you for supporting our work!

[@philipbianalcuizar7059]

I hope ebola dosent evolved into covid 918373

[@itsbeyondme5560]

@@philipbianalcuizar7059 No 🙄

[@resetphone9745]

L

[@goose7574]

This is so sad.... to be locked in a cell until you die is horrible. There has to be a better day to deal with this. Like a dose of fentanyl or morphine. They need to be put out of their misery and not suffer. 😩

[@HobbyOrganist]

Cost and religion rear their ugly heads there

[@kathybrem880]

Very cruel and backward countries!!

[@glencaar5993]

this is why i hate people in my neighborhood because we keep our dog on leashed so it won't wander around harming other people or being run by a vehicle, then still i see plenty of stray dogs malnourished most of them because their owner migrated to another place leaving their dogs unattended and wandering anywhere eating anything they can eat even if it's a dead carcasses or poop. some of those dogs ended up biting an old neighbor and turned out to have rabbies.

[@lizziequinbee1875]

my dad lost two of his sisters to rabies. one was accidentally scraped in the hands by her pet dog(they were not aware it was infected with rabies) while she was feeding it, and when she was delirious in the hospital, his other sister(a nurse in the said hospital) got accidentally bitten by the her while she was tending her. they died two months apart. few years later, my eldest sister was also bitten by a rabid dog. fortunately, this time, my parents had her treated and followed up with anti-rabies shots. i understand how traumatic this was for my dad. i got bitten by a dog just 7 years ago, so i didn't bother telling them about it. i got treated at an animal bite center and the dog that bit me fortunately wasn't rabid. i don't want to add to my parents' worries. i understand now why my parents were so against us having pets at home. the trauma my dad went through was not easy. but now, we were able to adopt some dogs and we always make sure their vaccinations are updated and complete, and the surroundings they play at are clean. rabies is preventable. but once it is left untreated, it's an agonizing journey, not just for the patient, but for their families as well. 🥹💔

[@manunderyourbed]

Either you or your dad is a liar. There is no documented case of human to human transmission. If it was in the hospital, it would have been documented.

[@lizziequinbee1875]

@@manunderyourbed my family's experience may not be one of those highly documented stories as we only live in a very remote island in the Philippines, but that doesn't mean our story isn't real. i'm not forcing you to believe me but you have no right to call me or my dad a liar as you don't even know us personally, and you're just a random internet stranger hiding under your username. what happened to my aunts was back in the 80's. we all presumed what happened to my second aunt was because she's the only one who directly took care of her dying sister. she hasn't been exposed to dogs or other animals ever since my first aunt was diagnosed with rabies as a family precaution. she also managed to tell our grandma she got her jand scraped while trying to dampen my other aunt's lips in an attempt to rehydrate her. i hope this doesn't happen to you. you're quickly dismissing other people's experience just because there's no "documented case" you have seen or experienced yet. when it happens in a very remote place during the 80's it was usually dismissed as some type of elemental possession and not as some scientific case to be considered for national news. both of my aunts' death certificates state "viral encephalitis" as the cause of their deaths. this story was shared in our family to serve as a precaution and a learning experience. both of them died in the hospital and both were listed as casualties of rabies in our town. no one is forcing you to believe my story, just sharing what my family has experienced. least you could do is show some empathy or scroll up if you feel like this comment is not up to your standards.

[@texastea5686]

"Untie me before I die" 😭💔🙏

[@nessak5990]

Germany is rabies free since 2008. Makes me sad to see what happens in other Countries.

[@mar25947]

I don’t know there was ever rabies in Europe

[@TheRealChaosQueen]

​@@mar25947in some areas there still is. Germany actually got rid of it by vaccinating foxes with bairs containing the vaccine.

[@viacrucishector1821]

@@mar25947Rabies used to be a big issue on every inhabited continent, Europe was not so different from this a hundred years ago

[@terryt9833]

​@mar25947 there is and will always be since animals can move. Even Germany is not guaranteed to be rabies free due to wild animal cases being able to move

[@shellirk2819]

My God this is heartbreaking!

[@mereditharnett7468]

There aren’t words to convey the heartbreak and tragedy in this video. I’m taking a step here, and I realize I may ruffle some feathers… but this is in some ways worse than pediatric cancer. This is ABSOLUTELY ONE HUNDRED PERCENT a travesty.

[@rabiesalliance]

Rabies is a truly awful disease as it affects anyone. The symptoms, pain, and suffering are truly terrible. What makes it worse is that it is entirely preventable - we have effective vaccines. Therefore, we need your help and support to raise awareness and advocate for its elimination. There are so many ways in which you can help and get involved: rabiesalliance.org/get-involved

[@TheDuchessRN]

Why are you comparing this to pediatric cancers? Why make it less or more?

[@bhuvanamani9151]

Poor old man asks to be freed before death. He must have been put to sleep with some medicine... horrendous.

[@vickythefist7062]

When we were in France for a summer my mum would go crazy at me for petting stray dogs or cats .especially if she thought they were slavering from their mouths .she was terrified of me or my siblings being bitten by an infected animal. When they built the channel tunnel i can remember people been VERY CONCERNED that rabies infected rats could cross through to the UK side through the tunnel system and spread rabies. Obviously, this never happened .what a TERRIBLE tortured way to go .these poor, poor people . It's disgusting more isn't being done to prevent this .😢

[@samuelstoner5651]

This video is so sad. When the son said of his Dad, who was tied to a bed inside a cell, "I don't know what to do with him", you could tell this loving son was anguishing over his inability to provide any help or comfort.

[@Renee-Heal-The-Eagle]

This is why I'm cautious around stray animals no matter what certain youtube channels say.

[@Ksl9393]

Absolutely correct

[@timothywilliams8530]

Yoink

[@user-mb3zd3ne9m]

This makes me so sad to see this type of human suffering. Something needs to done so people don’t have to suffer like that.

[@Jenavee26]

This hurts way too much, especially when you understand what they're saying.

[@rabiesalliance]

...and especially when you know that it is 100% preventable. Nobody needs to die from rabies - we can eliminate it.

[@lechu8639]

@@rabiesalliance In Kerala a girl died of rabies after taking all doses of vaccine last week.

[@rabiesalliance]

@@lechu8639 We saw this sad news and responded to some of the posts on other social media platforms, as this was something that was concerning to many people. There are many potential reasons that PEP (vaccine, etc.) could have failed. In order to draw a definite conclusion about what may have gone wrong, we would need to have more information than the article provides us with, such as whether the case was verified as #rabies and how, as well as what exactly happened during the PEP. Many of the initial rabies symptoms are non-specific can easily go undiagnosed (see here rabiesalliance.org/resources/search?type=913) as for example, it would be quite expected to experience a headache after a dog bite as a result of mere stress. Also, we are unsure whether the wound was washed immediately after the exposure (as this greatly reduces risk) and there is no information about the wound category and whether RIG was needed (see rabiesalliance.org/resource/wound-category-poster). If RIG was needed, it is unclear whether it was available, a challenge faced in many dog-rabies endemic countries. Assuming that the vaccines used were high quality World Health Organization (WHO) recommended ones, there are always questions arising re. whether they were maintained correctly (i.e., cold chain), as power outages can often affect the cold chain in those areas where it does exist. There has been no mention re. the dog and any laboratory confirmation of the case, but we would like to highlight here the importance of rabies surveillance and how critical it is so that such cases can be identified and responded to immediately rabiesalliance.org/tools/surveillance-tools

[@darthvader8810]

If you were bitten - go immediately to the hospital and get vaccination! And follow the plan of shots

[@rabiesalliance]

Don't forget that you should also immediately wash the wound thoroughly with soap and running water for 10 minutes before going to the hospital for the appropriate shots.

[@darthvader8810]

@@rabiesalliance + and even if there’s no wound visible you should go and get vaccination. In my country girl died because her parents didn’t take her to hospital. There was no open wound visible but yet even tiny scratch is enough for virus to kill you(( thank you for your work!

[@stephanieellis4240]

This breaks my heart

[@timmothyjennings]

Rabies is terrifying, devastating and entirely preventable.

[@ellsbellsbabyy]

i find it so sad they’re tied down in their final days. rabies does not typically make human patients violent, it gives them an extreme sensory overload, which naturally causes unconscious lash outs as the overload leads them to subconsciously believe in an urgency to protect oneself - whilst in animals this is biting and scratching, it is kicking and punching in humans, which doesn’t carry much risk of transmission - take an autistic child experiencing a meltdown from sensory overload, for example, yet a tad bit more. if anything, the stigma of “rabies patients must be tied down” could raise the risk of such patients committing violent attacks and doing brash things such as jumping through windows due to a self-fulfilling prophecy as their doctors are trapping them like a dangerous animal and feeding them these ideas of “what rabies patients do” when they already have confused and disoriented psyches susceptible to making such brash actions in response to this information. human to human transmission is incredibly unlikely, only having been documented as a result of tissue or organs being donated to a transplant recipient from a donor who died, but nobody knew their cause of death was rabies. of course, the caution is always wise, but if a rabies patient was simply not tied to their hospital bed by anything other than medical equipment and does not have things such as bars on their doors and windows to imitate a cell as opposed to a normal hospital room, they probably will not try to escape or attack anyone, as a normal unthreatening environment will not emphasise the things their sensory overload is feeding to them over having a need to protect themselves. way too many people confuse rabies in humans with rabies in wild animals, who have very different brains and levels of awareness. that and the stigma carried by sensationalist “zombie virus” comparisons.

[@sofialilja7708]

That they are tied down at first is understandable maybe, but what I react to is that they dont seem to sedate them and use restraining as a replacement for sedation. That is the most humane and from what I know common practice in the west, but whio knows, maybe the resourced are scarce.

[@LittleKitty22]

Humans that have rabies will bite! It's the virus that makes them bite, because that's its way of transmission to other people!

[@amystrauss7337]

Why not try rabies vax or antivirals while there

[@inaacielo6078]

Sana maging libre ang bawat injection ng anti rabbies. Maaring yung iba umiiwas sa gastos iisipin na lng na magiging ok sila o mga nakagat ng aso nila. Sa mga nasawi God rest their souls..🙏🏻

[@MistyEry]

This is incredibly sad.

[@B0MC3R]

Why are they not allowed to opt out of it if death is unavoidable? Why are you making them suffer unnecessarily?

[@al3xh4n46]

Why are you acting like the creator of this video has any control over that

[@shrayasharma9758]

From what i understood, it's because they won't bite someone else who does not have rabies in rage, which i think is another symptom of rabies.

[@Confettifun]

Because they are infectious and can bite others in rage thus spreading disease

[@raigo8364]

The Philippines is a christian/religious country, their churches deemed inhumane to euthanize people who have a certain type/severe of illnesses/is dying and even criminals on reclusion perpetua/probable execution...

[@pranayjha9224]

@@al3xh4n46 bcoz it is official channel. They are working with Philippines government to eradicate rabies.

[@clareshaughnessy2745]

OMG, I’m so lucky to live in the UK, this is something I have never needed to worry about. It must be terrifying to live in places that have it

[@Olympuscr]

You can get rabies in the uk...

[@clareshaughnessy2745]

@@Olympuscr no. There may have been cases of people contracting rabies abroad and going through the disease in the UK. But we don’t have rabies here

[@VolatileHunter2]

​@@clareshaughnessy2745that's the dumbest thing ever. That's not how rabies work. Yes in Europe there is been a vaccination program for animals but not all wild animals are vaccinated. You can get rabies but here, the chances of getting rabies is 2 out of ten. Other countries its 8 out of 10. But do not ever believe we can't get rabies.

[@Oakleaf700]

@@clareshaughnessy2745 We don't have rabies here YET...but our vet said they think it's only a matter of time with all the foreign ''Rescue'' dogs coming in - DEFRA postponed dogs, cats and ferrets from Romania last year, as rabies paperwork hadn't been complied with! It's a stupid risk to be importing Romanian {and other} strays to UK, and more parasites are appearing here too, carried in by these strays. There are plenty of uk strays to adopt without bringing in risks from overseas. But selling strays bring in good money for the importers.

[@dogwithwigwamz.7320]

55000 people a year ? 6 people every hour. One person every ten minutes. Ergo, someone is always suffering from and within ten minutes of dying from rabies. Mostly children.

[@rabiesalliance]

yes, almost half the annual victims are children... these deaths are senseless when it is a preventable disease. Please consider supporting our work in whatever way possible, thank you! rabiesalliance.org/donate

[@grandmapamm]

A death from any disease is to much. You can’t put a price on human life. It is awful that some diseases do not get the funding they need.

[@PaiBae]

It’s sad that in 2023 we still don’t have a cure for a disease so violently tortuous like rabies (morphs humans into zombies)

[@imgonnatouchyouniceandslow]

They lock them up in a room until they die? That’s horrible. ☹️

[@easygoer1234]

It is horrible what these people are goung through. But the animals that get it are suffering just as bad if not worse. At least they try to help the people but they do NOTHING to help those suffering animals or to prevent them from contracting it.

[@maxi1430]

nope never going outside again.

[@mr.amazonsins8013]

You will need to soon enough

[@MixolydianMode]

Rabies is absolutely terryfing.

[@walterl322]

I can literally only imagine how hard it is to be a nurse or a doctor in a developing country and witness this happen on daily basis... And "developing country" is a euphemism, by that I mean a country whose people have been robbed by western business interests...

[@madwhitehare3635]

@walterl322…they get a lot of aid, but it is misused. They won’t allow the aid givers to oversee the use of aid money. We should stop if they aren’t prepared to see the sense of this. As for business money the same should apply. Overseers to get rid of the sweatshops, to sniff out corruption. But, this is not a fight between East and West. It’s a fight between moral and immoral and that will only get fixed when Judgement Day comes.

[@judydavenport9636]

I saw a video yrs ago. A young boy had rabies and was crying. pain i guess but as he was crying he was begging the nurses or anyone to hold him. Heartbreaking.

[@xeokym223]

How sad. Totally preventable.

[@bradjohnson482]

It's 2023 and the Philippines is not close to eradicating rabies in their country. Sadly, the numbers are up this year. This is such a horrible way to go.

[@jaxrules2892]

Rather be in debt than dead

[@ChildOfLove8458]

I had idea. How awful, and so sad!😢

[@riteshsaha2207]

This is the closest thing we have to zombies

[@kimsordyl]

it is just so freaking horrible, especially that it is 100% preventable :(

[@mm5478]

How terribly sad.

[@honeyshrider5309]

See the doc says::No longer leave the room until he dies ... That so bad 😭

[@unseelie63]

Hurts my heart to see the suffering of the afflicted,and of the family.No possible way to truly feel what it's like to see a loved one,regardless of age,locked up to die.Sadly I do understand why euthanasia or palliative care aren't viable options.If the money isn't there,it isn't there.I had no idea that this was happening to such a degree ANYWHERE,that secure cells had to be kept ready to keep others safe from being bitten by their own family members,friends,or neighbors.Gods,rest their souls.

[@user-qv8fw4qq6y]

When I think about it, I'm very lucky to have been born in a country where rabies has mostly been eradicated. About 9 years ago when I was living with my grandparents a random bat wound up trapped in our house overnight (seems to have come in when people entered the home without anyone noticing). Luckily everyone spent the night shut in their rooms but it was a huge surprise when we came out the next morning to our cat trying to hunt the poor animal. My grandfather caught the bat with a net and freed it outside, it wasn't acting erratic or like it had rabies, but all the same my grandmother and I checked each other over for any bite marks. We probably should have gone to the doctor for a vaccination just in case, but when we couldn't find any evidence of a bite or scratch we decided not to. At this point given that nobody in the house died of rabies I can assume the bat didn't have it, but in retrospect if it HAD we all could have very easily succumbed to that awful disease. It makes me think that if I were in a country where the disease is more rampant my entire family could have died horrible deaths. I hope developing countries and poorer nations can soon get the problem under control as well, as nobody deserves such a fate.

[@rubyred6167]

Heartbreaking.

[@angelfrankenfine]

Rabies is such a scary and devastating disease. It really is better safe than sorry when you come in contact with a rabid animal. Go get the rabies shots asap. once symptoms show, it's too late. it's not always from bites either. could be a scratch or a lick.

[@muffinkissesxxx]

What a cruel way to treat dying people.. why can’t they make it more like a spa atmosphere? They are suffering so much and their last days are in a cage with nothing to comfort them :’(

[@dr.altoclef9255]

Because most rabies cases are ‘furious’. They could be a danger to themselves or others even if they seem lucid at the moment. Their brain is being attacked, so at any moment they may seize and spasm just because of a simple draft or a glass of water, they may suddenly become extremely confused and aggressive, they may suddenly want to run and act manic, and they often have wild hallucinations. It’s impossible to know what (if anything) can flip the switch from calm to ‘furious’. Sometimes it’s something they hear, smell or touch, but sometimes it seems to be nothing. One of the medical staff said that they even had to keep them in windowless rooms because some patients would try to hurl themselves out windows.

[@Alexfilms_03]

I always knew how absolutely horrifying rabies is. I remember hearing about Jeanna Giese a few years back, and as controversial as it is, I wish something like the Milwaukee Protocol could be used world wide.

[@VolatileHunter2]

That's also a risk. Otherwise they would do it. It's not that it cab not be done because of money but because of the risks

[@oliviastratton2169]

​@@VolatileHunter2 What risk is worse than 100% certainty of a painful and degrading death?

[@ZoZoIb]

i think if its already too late, i would not want to suffer, i know its a hard decicion for the family to make, to let them kill me. But its better then you having to suffer so horribly and your family seeing you suffer and to be locked up like this in your last moments, afraid and alone

[@HKavarana]

My husband is from India and had a friend die from rabies as a child. His friend loved dogs and was bitten. It sounded so strange to me, I had no idea it was so common 💔

[@taragauthier3386]

It can be prevented but unfortunately most cases happen in poor countries where dogs run wild & the cost of treatment is very high. The treatment shouldn't be so costly, it doesn't have to be.

[@MDMAHADI-cp8oz]

Yeah,, in Bangladesh I'm bitten by a cat and developed symptoms more than 1 month, I don't have any treatment, I'm suffering please help me🙏😭

[@theultimate1221]

Heartbreaking

[@AprilGarcia-sm4bi]

Why is it that if an animal gets rabies, they are put out of their misery. But if people get it they just have to suffer til they die. Am I missing something?

[@TruFlyFox]

Me from the future, they didn't make their goal but I wish they had. Rabies is terrifying.

[@athena5318]

I swear, this is the scariest disease😭

[@star_productionss]

Fr 😭

[@Automedon2]

Mexico has eliminated all animal to human rabies transmission. Quite an achievement in a country where most dogs are un-owned.

[@waveafterwave0723]

God bless you all 🙏🏽

[@ELECTRICMOTOCROSSMACHINE]

Most scary disease ever.

[@fionasaunders7646]

Keep your patients with rabies under heavy sedation, till they pass away, that is much kinder to them and their families and staff.

[@whopper526]

This is the number one thing that TERRIFIES me. I asked my dr once if there was a vaccine for people, like for my dog, and i hated when he told me he never heard of one. This would be the ONLY thing that would make me kill myself. Really scares me livin out in the country with raccoons and skunks and possums and all that. The worst thing they do is not euthanize those poor souls

[@teresamcguire1245]

I got bit by a rabid dog in Africa. I was fortunate to be able to get the injections. There was a little girl there who wasn't as lucky as me. She died.

[@chrissmith-no3bo]

Its sad to see ppl going thru this. Why is it not mandatory for pets to have their rabies shots every yr.

[@wiltmarlonelao]

It’s now 2024 and the Philippine government decided to move the timeline 10 years later. Meanwhile, the citizens are even worse informed of the danger of rabies. Such a sad state of affairs.

[@travelerforever8849]

Once the symptoms.show, its too late. A few died in my hometown from rabies.

[@canuck21]

Where is your hometown?

[@priyadas2439]

Being born into this world as a human being is a curse 😞😞 Dear god please grant us 'moksha' so that we never never come into this merciless world 😞🙏🙏

[@squirlis1189]

The thumbnail combined with the bizarre caption though

[@rabiesalliance]

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[@squirlis1189]

@@rabiesalliance I didnt say it was poor choice. The video is very informative. It was just my personal opinion that the thumbnail was just slightly strange since I wasnt able to find the correlation and context between the kind of video it was, what the woman in the image was reffering to and the seemingly unrelated caption under it and unable to understand its significance prior to viewing.

[@drextrey]

Rabies is making a comeback everywhere, there have been a some cases in Bali and other parts of Indonesia, Philippines, India, Thailand, China and most of the cases goes unreported because they can't go to a hospital(far from healthcare or expensive) or just plain reluctant to receive medical help and seeking alternative/traditional medicine(never works, those only works as placebo). There is even some cases in U.S, Canada and lots more cases in Mexico, also other Latin America and Africa. Have not heard from Europe since I can't comprehend most of their language 😅.

[@kathybrem880]

Has nothing to do with fear of water--as they become paralyzed they cannot swallow even though very thirsty

[@danabuck6461]

So, on an intellectual level, knowing this is in one of the poorer areas of Earth, I can vaguely understand the thought process behind locking up the patients. However, from the humanitarian side I find it to be an atrocity.

[@Waya420]

I hope that disease gets completely wiped out.

[@kanikanewsome6305]

Let's donate 🙏🏾❤❤❤❤❤

[@rabiesalliance]

Thank you! You can find donation information here: rabiesalliance.org/donate