Families - the human cost of rabies

[@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.

[@vandoeo]

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

[@rabiesalliance]

we agree that it is a horrible and terrifying disease, BUT it can be prevented through vaccinating dogs and receiving PEP if exposed

[@jin_cotl]

@@rabiesalliancethey shouldn’t be locked in a room 😢

[@cedricsonaquevido1565]

​@@jin_cotl then what.... genuinely asking

[@relaxandunwind564]

@@jin_cotl they are psychotic and faoming at the mouth - go sit with them then

[@caspercocomonkey2176]

@@jin_cotlunfortunate they have to. If they bite another person, they will infect that person.

[@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.

[@albrenza]

Totally agree with the passing of euthanasia, this is so painful with the family and the victim itself, hope the Philippines and all over the world would totally eradicate the rabies problem.

[@thegamingsteak976]

Just shoot every wild animal then

[@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.

[@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?

[@weirdasff]

Who's gonna give the money?

[@Tintelinus]

​@@jaxrules2892 Thing is the Milwauke protocol still has a very low success rate

[@jaxrules2892]

@@semerahpadi4484 ‘Cause its a poorer country

[@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.

[@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.

[@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?

[@atthebeachfinally]

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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@lovacc_1967]

@@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

[@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...

[@pincel64]

I don't understand why there's no right for euthanasia. In these cases there's no return.

[@rabiesalliance]

Thank you @pincel64 for your comment. The right to euthanasia is for individual countries to decide upon and is much wider than the issue of rabies where we focus our efforts. That said, help for people in the terminal stages of rabies and their families is badly needed. In many places victims are sent home to die alone without any medical support. We work with local communities, national governments and international agencies to raise awareness of rabies as a preventable disease and to implement sustainable strategies to eliminate all human deaths from canine-mediated rabies by 2030.

[@StormFlareRecords]

Global Alliance for Rabies Control (GARC) excuse me? but will a cat scratch cause rabies?

[@InnannasRainbow]

No, you have to get bitten. The saliva carries the virus. Cats are not common vectors of rabies.

[@rabiesalliance]

@Mr Gooma Tam Official check out our FAQs on our website: rabiesalliance.org/rabies/what-is-rabies-and-frequently-asked-questions/ for more info on rabies

[@StormFlareRecords]

Great what a relief

[@Kevinegan1]

If countries ban euthanasia in rabies cases they should at least allow the administration of narcotic drugs to keep the patient unconscious during the final stages until the blessing of death takes them There are horrible ways to die but I think rabies is probably one of the worst. Not much truly terrifies me. Rabies scares the living hell out of me. And to think that there are weaponized versions of the disease just waiting for some crazed person to unleash it on society.

[@willr7849]

That would never happen, the government would be scared the narcotics could kill them or get them addicted. They don’t care that regardless these are their final moments.

[@sambur6480]

@@willr7849 addicted : killed they are dying from rabies !

[@quillmorningstar8713]

@@willr7849 there's a 100 percent chance that they are going to die in a few days, so it wouldn't really matter if they get addicted.

[@leonzhu1301]

@@quillmorningstar8713 these are often religious areas and have aversion against euthanasia and palliative care.

[@gomahklawm4446]

@@leonzhu1301 Indeed, the most "religious" areas want you to suffer far more. It's sickening.

[@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.

[@annicklagace7414]

​@manunderyourbed have u ever read anything on the subject ?? 🤦‍♀️ Calling someone a liar , when your knowledge on this is obviously close to 0 .. It's passed thru body fluids.. How do animals pass it to humans ? Bite/saliva .. Why do you think even I this video , the guy who gave him the meds , said " there used to be a window there.. but we had to block it because some of the patients threw themselves out of the window and they could bite someone " .. Beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep .. wake up !!

[@dodobirdtime]

I'm glad you were able to eventually adopt some dogs, they make life worth living in my opinion haha, just gotta make sure they get their checkups and get their shots :), terrible what happened to your aunts. Couldn't even imagine the pain in your dad's heart, my condolences ❤️

[@triz6229]

I’m so sorry for your losses. I hope your dad is comforted by God because this is a really sad situation. It’s really important to keep our pets vaccinated, otherwise it can be bad for them and for humans.

[@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

[@MJMAC8302]

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

[@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. ❤

[@jilltraver69]

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.

[@jilltraver69]

@@atsunome Yes!

[@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! $$$

[@Kairos_Akuma]

Its so sad how he desperetly attempt to tell them hes healthy :(

[@crusaderofthelowlands3750]

That's the reason I could never become a doctor. (That and the fact that I'm dumber than a bag of hammers) I felt so bad for the old man, especially when he said: "I still want to live." Like, dude, so sad.

[@dr.altoclef9255]

He must not want to admit it. Like “no, if I say I’m getting better, if I feel better now I must be okay. I’m not going to die. I can’t. This can’t be happening.”

[@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.

[@pinkinside2]

this is why I agree with humane Euthanasia ,, for cases like this :( "lock them in rooms until they die.. we provide better for animals :( "

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@jirowmom]

@@JustinTuyay-kg9lo. 🤦‍♀️

[@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

[@barneyronnie]

I truly feel for these people .

[@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!

[@ksaulnier549]

Rabies is absolutely terrifying. If you receive a scratch or bite from an unknown animal, please do not hesitate to get to the ER to start a rabies vaccine series.

[@bhuvanamani9151]

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

[@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

[@cymbala6208]

Bats still have rabies in Germany sometimes. Don't touch bats if you find one!

[@kiara198923]

This made me cry. It seems so inhumane.

[@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!!

[@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

[@Automedon2]

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

[@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 😢

[@Bell.-]

There's a little girl named Precious that survived rabies. It's extremely rare. But some do. It's a disturbing and evil disease.

[@morbidhime]

Honestly what a name when you consider what she went through

[@lovacc_1967]

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

[@acsunq1etm1nd12]

They should be put in a deep coma so they dont have to endure this.

[@85doc]

I saw two cases of rabies when I was an intern in Los Angeles. I had to gown and mask very heavily for protection against the patients' deadly body fluids. It was horrific thing to see.

[@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?

[@relaxandunwind564]

what a dumb comparison.

[@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..🙏🏻

[@angel.heart007]

That’s terrible.. I can’t imagine the pain these patients go through.😞

[@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

[@railiccss]

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.

[@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.

[@atthebeachfinally]

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.

[@atthebeachfinally]

@@4amcripple that suckssss.

[@Komodokiss]

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

[@tibork3845]

Actually it's not 100% fatal, there are actual documented cases of patients surviving rabies but it's a very very small percentage. It's always sad to watch these cases, especially because the patient is aware of what is happening to him.

[@phencyclo]

Tibor K only one survived because the doctor shut off her brain

[@andershakansson1710]

Sadly, Angelica Simpson is 100 percent true. Or do you have information not available on the internet ? And a agree ,rabies is a terrible way to die.

[@Kairos_Akuma]

Its 99,999% because 5 People survied it as of today

[@crusaderofthelowlands3750]

The surviving patients don't even get to be a percentage. The chance of dying from rabies is 99.9999999999999999999999999999999999999999% Which in theory is not 100%, but in practice it basically is.

[@ardinsalim9048]

is not small percentage, is 4 survive out of tens of million, so that's like 0,00000004%. and the procedure is just as risky, it can only work if the brain got shut-down in very early symptoms appear. even then the risk of death still very high and the one who survive have brain damage.

[@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)

[@michellestepp2583]

how are we not helping getting people vaccinated in this areas and the strays n wild life? This is HORRIBLE!

[@canuck21]

MONEY.

[@achyuththouta6957]

@@canuck21 Not true. The vaccine itself has side effects. If you take it when you are not at risk you might develop other problems. If it was a matter of money even Polio vaccine wouldn't have been compulsory. The problem is lack of awareness. The disease is preventable if vaccinated fast enough

[@maxi1430]

nope never going outside again.

[@mr.amazonsins8013]

You will need to soon enough

[@spaceguy20_12]

why does the video start with a crying baby i got jumpscared

[@Jonases_20]

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

[@timmothyjennings]

Rabies is terrifying, devastating and entirely preventable.

[@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.

[@Sree-q2q]

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

[@rabiesalliance]

@@Sree-q2q 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

[@theonionqueen3519]

Yo I’m gonna be a little blasphemous in this comment, so if that offends you, don’t read it. I find it so hard to believe that a loving God exists when rabies ravaged the Earth. Rabies is beyond horrific; it’s on a whole other level from other viral diseases.

[@thomascambrion4408]

Sir, the existence of suffering is not the non-existence of God. This world has both suffering and joy. It's not heaven where all is good, but it's not hell where all is bad either.

[@HobbyOrganist]

Just the fact childrens' CANCER hospitals exist should prove to you no god exists

[@okiksotam6763]

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

[@gracewood6768]

Nakakatakot dito satin yung asong ulol. Wala ka ngang alagang aso sa bahay, sa kalsada sandamakmak naman na aso pagala gala na pwede ka nalang kagatin anytime. katakot legit.

[@shellirk2819]

My God this is heartbreaking!

[@LilSoftieGacha]

On october 26 2024. I was bitten by my cat but my cat doesn't have rabies. I have other cats I was infected by anti rabies on october 28 2024. And got the 4th shot last week I might have ptsd from rabies

[@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 😅.

[@riteshsaha2207]

This is the closest thing we have to zombies

[@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.

[@KingNez89]

Fuck man, I feel terrible for that old man....."I want to live"...... that's beyond fucked up man....you want to live so bad,but their is nothing you can do while this foul disease destroys your body

[@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.

[@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

[@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

[@rebeccaratzloff1589]

I was bitten and scratched by a crazy ass cat in a rural American town. While rabies cases in the county for cats was low, they said that I either spot the cat alive within 10 days or pay $10,000 for a rabies vaccination series. I was uninsured. I literally spotted the cat alive on day 10. Apparently she was pregnant and afraid when I went to feed her and she attacked. I can’t imagine the cost for underserved communities when it was $10,000 in America.

[@digikitty11]

That is unconscionable to charge that nowadays. When I was 12, we lived in the country and I was bitten by a rabid cat. My father had to take me into town for 10 days to get a shot every day. The shot at that time didn't cost any more than any other vaccine. Don't know why it is so expensive today.

[@jflsdknf]

American healthcare is far beyond fked.

[@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.

[@lollol-om6mt]

the medicine of the whole world should try to cure the patients and try to cure the whole world. It's terrible to just bandage it and not try to cure it. Once it was impossible to cure even appendicitis, but in the modern world, doctors have learned the way, they have learned, because ingenious people tried to cure it. you also need to try to cure somehow

[@reedman0780]

Vaccines exist. I've had them too. Prevention is better than cure, always will be, and in this case, once it reaches the brain or Central nervous system, there is nothing that can be done.

[@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

[@RighBread]

Rabies is possibly my worst nightmare.

[@Annie497-f5x]

It's been eradicated in the majority of industrialized nations.

[@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 💔

[@DXrep]

If there will an outbreak of rabies. It'll be like a zombie apocalypse. #Feelsbadman

[@jerolvilladolid]

Someone DID recover from rabies, it was a woman who was put in a medically induced coma for many months to give her immune system time to enter the blood brain barrier and fight the rabies virus that entered the brain. Its possible but takes a lot of effort to heal from rabies

[@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.

[@詩遥]

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.

[@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🙏😭

[@gotham23us]

Maybe the people of them Philippines should elect a president who focuses on issues like this instead of handing their country over to a fascist who wants cops to murder drug addicts.

[@user-jg9rp5qf4g]

What a fucking horrible way to die. Alone, in a bare concrete cell, with bars on the windows, tied to a gurney in agony. Jesus.

[@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 .😢

[@al3xh4n46]

If anybody has any questions about rabies, unfortunately due to my horrible hypochondria I know practically everything due to excessive research, and also due to that experienced the symptoms (including throat spasms 😃) I had to go to the er multiple times.

[@al3xh4n46]

Also rabies isn’t 100% fatal, you can survive it but it’s very rare. Children have even survived the disease with use of THC (but it’s illegal most places 💀)

[@rabiesalliance]

Thank you for sharing experience here!

[@al3xh4n46]

@‌ Dw, you will be fine as long as you haven't been bitten

[@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

[@RaenidaezCreations]

@@amystrauss7337 I know that I'm 9 months late, but the simple answer is that once rabies reaches the brain (aka: when you become symptomatic) there is nothing anyone can do for you. (Take the next bits with a massive grain of salt. I'm just a commenter, not an expert) Antiviral medications work with the immune system to fight off infections. Because the rabies virus goes "under the radar" as it travels to the brain, your immune system won't know it's even there and thus won't produce the antibodies that'd fight off most other viruses. A similar rule can apply to getting vaccinated against rabies BEFORE the virus reaches the brain. The vaccine basically sets off the alarms in your body that say "hey, there's a foreign invader! Better clear this out before it does any serious damage" and wipes it all out before it reaches the brain. *Now here's the scary part/why vaccines won't work once you're symptomatic:* Rabies damages your brain. I don't know the science behind it other than as it multiplies and scrambles your brain, you just go freaking berserk. Couple that with the fact that your squishy brain is encased in a hard shell (your skull) and *will* swell from the inflamation as your immune system tries desperately to catch up with and take care of the infection and... it's a recipe for disaster. Basically: the virus will kill your braincells, driving you insane. Your immune system will go haywire and kill your braincells, causing even more irreversible damage. Eventually the brain shuts down and you die.

[@relaxandunwind564]

@@amystrauss7337 do you honestly think all of medicine in the entire world hasnt thought of that?

[@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.

[@hostsingercharlyn4066]

is it possible to get rabies if you have taken a anti rabies vaccine? i was bitten by my puppy who is 4 monthd because i get the crab shell from him while he was devouring it

[@rabiesalliance]

Hi @charyln yangyang. Please can you email us with your question to [e-mail] so that we can provide you with an accurate response, as there are many factors to consider.

[@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.

[@stephanieellis4240]

This breaks my heart

[@NonChatLant]

That's so difficult to watch, I stopped at atound 5 minutes. I can't even begin to imagine how the patients and their loved ones feel 💔💔💔💔

[@kaykepop4084]

Is there some way to have an animal service division there that goes out to look for and vaccinate these animals, causing this spread of rabies!? Also, to catch and euthanasi these animals as well! There's something that can be done, but it seems the importance is not a priority to this countries government! Because this would be a worldwide problem if governments, state and local, did not enforce the vaccinations of pets, farm animals, and stray animals! So, we all know that something can be done to lessen this from happening!

[@honeyshrider5309]

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

[@vince6779]

will the anti-vaxx people would add to the problem to this already existing problem?

[@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?

[@davedreds5905]

I just saw this video, so did they manage to eradicate rabies there?

[@rabiesalliance]

Unfortunately not. We have been (and continue to) work closely with the Philippines national government and national rabies prevention and control committee (and many other partners) to eliminate rabies. While many areas have been declared free from rabies within the Philippines, there remain many areas where the disease remains endemic and people and animals continue to die. However, our work has helped progress rabies elimination a long way and the Philippines is getting closer to the goal of being dog rabies free. One of the most noteworthy thing that we have done is to integrate rabies education into the national curriculum, ensuring that every child is taught about rabies and how to prevent it. You can see a summary of our work in the Philippines and some major milestones under our "Where we work" section, Philippines country page: rabiesalliance.org/country/philippines

[@TroyMartins1984]

@@rabiesalliance Thank you for your amazing effort and hard work.

[@rabiesalliance]

@@TroyMartins1984 Thank you for your support and encouragement!

[@AkitaMix]

​@@rabiesalliance during my elementary years, we were shown a documentary about rabies a decade or so ago. I vividly remember the graphic images of patients suffering from its symptoms. It was eye opener for me, I'm glad that it's still continuing.

[@rabiesalliance]

@@AkitaMix Thank you - we rely on the continued support of all people all around the world to help drive rabies elimination efforts sustainably. We need every person to raise awareness and advocate for the elimination of the disease. World Rabies Day is an especially important time, but efforts should not only be around this time. GARC will continue to support all people, organizations and importantly, all governments to help drive rabies elimination and end the needless suffering of both humans and animals from this terrible disease.

[@MixolydianMode]

Rabies is absolutely terryfing.

[@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?