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I know a bit about that kind of thing, yes. In the cases where the bat was captured without getting smashed, they could do rabies testing and determine if they needed rabies treatment. In the case where the bat was destroyed (and therefore the necessary brain tissue to test for the disease), it...

It would be interesting to know if there has ever been a wrongful death lawsuit due to rabies exposure. Frankly, the workers comp thing never crossed my mind when getting it for my occupation. I just didn't want to die of a terrible disease. Some of the work I did had a requirement to get the...

No profession requires the shot. It's one of those weighing exposure versus expense sorts of things. Anyone working with animals should certainly have it, especially things like veterinarians or wildlife biologists. I'd say it's probably a good idea for zookeepers and anyone working in animal...

The part about why people aren't vaccinated is two-fold. One, the vaccine for humans is expensive to make. It's efficiency is really good, but it only has a super-good rate if, and only if you got it before being bitten by a rabid animal. As a wildlife biologist, it was required for me to have...