DUmmies discuss rabies from bat bites

[Tess Anderson]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023620620

They have a bat in their bedroom???:

Sat Sep 7, 2013, 10:15 PM

 JanMichael (21,414 posts)


Has anyone here ever been treated for post rabies exposure?


 We had a bat in our bedroom this week; we were both sleeping. Trapped the bat in a net, and thought he was dying, so left him in the net on the front porch. In the morning the bat was gone-- found out that we had to be treated at the ER-
 
We have good insurance....and right now, the cheapest out of pocket cost we are looking at will be around 2 grand--- maybe. We haven't been able to get a straight answer on the prices from either the hospital or the insurance company.
 
The disconnect of the medical professionals and insurance companies in the US is amazing. If the damned bat had just waited a year, ObamaCare would have at least forced the two institutions to show their hand. This has GOT to be the only damned thing Americans buy and have to guess how screwed they are going to be.
 
btw...should you ever wake up to a bat...leave the room, and contact animal control to get it asap. It must be alive when it reaches the lab for an accurate post mortem. We did not know any of this--- we have always liked bats...still do, and he's probably flapping around above the house right now, chomping down mosquitoes- but, we are just screwed.
 
Don't assume you weren't bitten either--- over 80% of bat related rabies deaths in the US were from an undetected bite.

[Dori]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023620620

They have a bat in their bedroom???:

Well, we know they have bats in their belfry.

[Carl]

They went to an ER? 

[GOBUCKS]

Don't assume you weren't bitten either--- over 80% of bat related rabies deaths in the US were from an undetected bite.

I think this gives the OP away as a joke.


From the Centers for Disease Control:

51 deaths confirmed as a result of bat rabies in the past 56 years (since 1951). An average of less than one death per year.
*Of the 51 confirmed deaths, 4 contracted rabies through organ transplants.

Moral of the story: Don't let them give you a bat kidney.

[Celtic Rose]

Let's see here, $2000 vs. painful death preceded by insanity.  Is this really the time to be quibbling over prices?

[GOBUCKS]

Let's see here, $2000 vs. painful death preceded by insanity.  Is this really the time to be quibbling over prices?

Remember,

80% of bat related rabies deaths in the US were from an undetected bite.

Well, I haven't detected a bat bite, how about you?

Sounds like we all better start those injections, just to be on the safe side.

As democrats always say, no matter how outlandish the subject, "If it saves one life it's worth it."

[Big Dog]

Don't assume you weren't bitten either--- over 80% of bat related rabies deaths in the US were from an undetected bite.

"Holy undetected bite, Batman! What do you think happened to him?"

"Ummm.... I couldn't say, chum."

[Karin]

Sounds like we all better start those injections, just to be on the safe side.

Yeah, I'll get right on that. 

On the bright side, a DUmmie is facing a series of excrutiatingly painful injections.  Followed by a draining of the bank account.

[DefiantSix]

Let's see here, $2000 vs. painful death preceded by insanity.  Is this really the time to be quibbling over prices?

I have a treatment for rabies that'll only cost the DUmbasses $0.49 (payable in advance, only please).  Only requires ONE injection, as well...

[DefiantSix]

...From the Centers for Disease Control:
Morale of the story: Don't let them give you a bat kidney.

Unless you're Charlie Sheen and need them to go with your tiger blood. 

[vesta111]

    Depends on where you are in the US and get the scare of your life.

Up here bats are funny Little fellows, most are incest eaters and no problem, small and can curl up into a quarter size and hide behind a picture frame.

Problem is these are social animals and want to roost among their own. Sleep all day and come out at night, some what like cats.

Depending on the kind of Bat, if a few are in your home you will seldom know it unless something wakes them up.

You may wonder why you are the only family in an apartment building to have no ants, roaches or
bed bugs.   Could be the pesky bats are taking care of that.

Bats are hard to catch, but just open a window with a screen the bat will go for it and close the window.

[Bad Dog]

   Depends on where you are in the US and get the scare of your life.

Up here bats are funny Little fellows, most are incest eaters and no problem, small and can curl up into a quarter size and hide behind a picture frame.

Problem is these are social animals and want to roost among their own. Sleep all day and come out at night, some what like cats.

Depending on the kind of Bat, if a few are in your home you will seldom know it unless something wakes them up.

You may wonder why you are the only family in an apartment building to have no ants, roaches or
bed bugs.   Could be the pesky bats are taking care of that.

Bats are hard to catch, but just open a window with a screen the bat will go for it and close the window.

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[thundley4]

Let's see here, $2000 vs. painful death preceded by insanity.  Is this really the time to be quibbling over prices?

DUmmies are already insane, don't blame the poor bats for their problems.

[Wineslob]

Um, DUmmies, don't bite the bats.

[BlueStateSaint]

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6UWNA-WQgI[/youtube]

This assumes that bats are DUmmies' friends . . .

[GOBUCKS]

Oh, no! I think I have another undetected bat bite!!

Not sure. It could be an undetected raccoon bite. Or an undetected tiger bite.

That's the bad thing about undetected bites.

[DumbAss Tanker]

Let's see here, $2000 vs. painful death preceded by insanity. 

Especially if you're starting out half that checklist already done.

[BlueStateSaint]

Especially if you're starting out half that checklist already done.

Yeah, they've already checked the 'insanity' box.

[hopfrog]

Bats have been feared and used as an archetype of evil for hundreds of years now.

Even the ancient Sumerian civilization, as reflected in the so-called  "quazar tablets"  unearthed by a poor arab boy in 1942, spoke of the spectre of death and disease that would befall the dwellers of any abode that found a bat roosting in the rafters or eaves or whatever the hell they had way back then.

I think that should change.

There is now fairly good evidence from real scientists that bats are no more carriers of rabies then racoons, congressional aides or the common housecat.

All i am saying...is give bats a chance.

[franksolich]

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My reaction too.

[Duke Nukum]

Let's see here, $2000 vs. painful death preceded by insanity.  Is this really the time to be quibbling over prices?

If  a DUmmie had rabies, how would anybody know?

[GOBUCKS]

If  a DUmmie had rabies, how would anybody know?

I just hope that if any DUmmy contracts rabies, they'll post about it at the DUmp.

That would be hilarious!

Ouch!! Another damn undetected bat bite.

 

[Dori]

If  a DUmmie had rabies, how would anybody know?

They wouldn't, the moonbats bite each other all the time.

[Bad Dog]

My reaction too.

I'm thinking mini stroke?

[vesta111]

I'm thinking mini stroke?

Bats, interesting animals, I can understand why people though they were evil, some how they can disjoint themselves and get into some very small places so it would seem they just disappear.

Only way I know to catch one of them is the open window method.    When the bat hits the screen just close the window trapping it.

I have heard that one does not have to be bit to catch some dreadful disease from bats.  When they roost by the thousands in caves their urine and poop goes to the floor. Sometimes after years of use to make puddles, if explorers inhale the ammonia smelling stuff they could die.