Re: Pre Exposure Vaccinations
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Where did you get your shots and how much did they cost? I have spoke to my local health dept. and they have no idea what I am talking about.
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Re: Pre Exposure Vaccinations
[Re: Kurt in Va]
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I got mine, and get a "Titer" test every yr to check for it's retained effectiveness. Not needed a booster yet.
FWIW: I got mine at the VA FREE, might have a small co-pay and have to argue a bit, and/or see the Vet Rep or Patient Advocate. Just tell them you handle wild animals and "NEED" them.
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Re: Pre Exposure Vaccinations
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I had mine done at my primary care doctors office years ago ..and have had several boosters in the emergency room therafter..when I had my initial vaccines..it was a little over 900 bucks.. and they had to order them...On the other hand my Girlfriend and partner had hers prescribed at her primary care doctor..and ordered them at Wamart for 300 dollars less, then had her doctor administer the shots..and we both have titer test...occasionaly to make sure we are still protected
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Re: Pre Exposure Vaccinations
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I checked two years ago at the county health dept. It was 600.00 and three shots so many days apart, if you missed one or were off by a day it would not take and not be protection. Checked other doctors office and none would do it.
Kurt Temple
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Re: Pre Exposure Vaccinations
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Wow! 30 bucks Paul... that's real cheap....My Girlfriend could have gotten them cheaper through the vetarnarian she works for part time.......but I was like..your not a dog..go to your doctor..LOL .. Kurt...3 shots..i believe after the first one it's 7 days apart for the next 2
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Re: Pre Exposure Vaccinations
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I got mine thru the local humane society. I don't remember what they cost. They were vacinating all the employees and I was on the board so we ordered them for anyone who wanted them and the receiver paid the cost. I would contact them and they may do the same.
Sleep'n with an animal..I can help. Do not use both feet when testing the depth or temperature of the water Your Friend, Paul Brooker
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Re: Pre Exposure Vaccinations
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When I did get my first series...my Insurance DID cover them , my doctor labeled them as a occupational hazard or something to that effect..can't remember precisely..but Ya!
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Re: Pre Exposure Vaccinations
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The main reason I got the pre-exposure was that it is possible to get exposed without being bitten and not know it. Rabies has been shown to be an airborn virus, per the NTA Trapping Manual, as in caving or crawling around in an attic with bat's.
Every kid needs a Dog and a Curmudgeon.
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Re: Pre Exposure Vaccinations
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Several cavers died from Rabies in at least 2 separate incidents without having been bitten. FWIW. Is it worth taking a chance? Also as it's highly recommended that post exposure shot's be given if a bat is found in the house where people have been sleeping, is this from fear of not knowing if you've been bitten or just breathing the air?
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Re: Pre Exposure Vaccinations
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Oh lord we'd all long since been dead if rabies were airborne!
A very sane topic has now gone insane.
How many cavers go in caves every year loaded with bats? How many nwcos and homeowners crawl into crawl spaces laced with skunks?
If you've been bitten by a bat and didn't notice it you'd better get your to a neurologist folks! Bat bites are sharp and painful.
This topic was hashed out months ago if memory serves me. This has gone from why get pre exposure to an excerpt from the brad pit movie about rabid zombies!
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Think about the truth about rabies versus reality of how we live with all of these vector species...
Think!!!
Better be wearing a respirator for every mammalian rabies vector you work with folks...
Your all doing that right?
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Re: Pre Exposure Vaccinations
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There are plenty of articles of people being infected from airborne rabies from spalunkers in caves to laboratory workers...I was always taught that once the rabie virus hit the air (oxygen)it would be dead shortly after ....I don't know what to think anymore after reading these articles..
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Re: Pre Exposure Vaccinations
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I understand that the Rabies Virus will die after a few minutes in sunlight, and that it's not recommended to get too close to the opening of a Skunk/Raccoon den because of the danger of inhaling the Virus. Anybody have thoughts on this?
Every kid needs a Dog and a Curmudgeon.
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Beware! Jill Pudlewski, Ron Oates and Keven Begesse are liars and thiefs!
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Re: Pre Exposure Vaccinations
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BigBob, sunlight and temp extreme both kill it, with roadkill surveillance we had to acquire a brain sample in a very short period when temps are over a certain level. Rabies doesn't like it outside of that small zone.
Again with the den sites, how many guys would be dead from coon hunting and den trees and from crawling into crawl spaces and attics?
Forget our industry how about plumbers, hvac and so many other trades who have to crawl into these areas that have often live animals in them without knowing? Do you see folks dying on the news of rabies from this?
This would be major headlines, seriously, I'm not trying to make fun of it, just sit and think, let alone how many homeowners who have older homes and the air from the crawlspace and attic are part of the air in the home.
So many would be dead if this was the case.
With cavers in the earlier posts, how many public lands caves would be open to public use by the cave community and the general public if airborne rabies was killing cavers?
No public cave would be open outside of research with a permit and ppe including respirators if this was common.
Doesn't this make sense to anyone?
I know a ton of folks in the NSS and they all cave without masks, to an earlier point, they also do not touch or mess with bats, if they belong to caving communities they are taught and educate others to not harm or bother bats and other fauna of the cave and they protect cave ecosystems through their work and groups.
How about we just talk about rabies for what it is to NWCO's, which is about being bitten, being drooled on, etc...
Or if you really want the answers and don't believe me, give a holler to CDC and tell them you believe rabies is airborne in skunk and raccoon dens and caves and get the straight scoop and report back here with quotes.
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Re: Pre Exposure Vaccinations
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SGS, Sometimes I just can't help myself... What can I say I'm passionate about the field. I think you are right on in getting the shots for the what if... I also have known many folks who have been bitten and knew it by a variety of potential vectors and never sought treatment. At least with the pre shots you have some buffer.
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Re: Pre Exposure Vaccinations
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Joe (swampdonkey) I know I saw a post this morning and read it but its gone, anyway, I was going to google up to see what pops out of the internet.
However I happened to already be corresponding with an authority on another subject and so I threw this question over to him about aersolized rabies and the cases with the two cavers way back when.
The response was this:
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Other than a lab mishap in New York, there is no proven aerosol transmission of rabies virus. The only thing that some people cling to are some papers describing two deaths in the 1950’s of bat biologists in a densely populated cave. What people arguing for aerosol transmission leave out is that these two biologists banded more than 10,000 bats in the year prior to their death. Exposures occurring during these activities are much more believable compared to aerosol theory.
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I won't quote who said this, but suffice to say if you know me I don't have a reason to lie that this person comes from an authoritative ability on this subject, in our country there is none higher.
I had always imagined though I didn't know the background that those two biologists (cavers) were actually interacting with bats, but this is confirmation of that. Even with a very low rabies percentage in wild bat populations, handle 10,000 and I'm betting you are stacking the odds against yourself.
Add in that we are talking 1950's, which wasn't at the level of our knowledge of disease transmission, ppe, etc...
Anyway, thought folks would appreciate the concise answer that was provided to me.
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Justin
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Re: Pre Exposure Vaccinations
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Jusitn ...Thanks...I deleted it because I didn't want it to seem like I was trying to bug you....That wasn't the case...Thanks again... But handling 10,000 bats a whole year earlier , certainly wouldn't have anything to do with their deaths a year later...would the virus lay dormant in 2 people like that ?
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Re: Pre Exposure Vaccinations
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Hey Joe, Not bugging me, in actuality some of these threads ultimately just make me better at discussing with the public (clients, etc...) because I've just brushed up on the latest and greatest in literature on various subjects or contacted some folks who should be the authority on the subject.
In terms of your question which is very logical about why would 10,000 times of handling to band bats over the year prior to the rabies virus in those two gentleman, the answer would lie in the published periods by WHO (World Health Organization) and CDC (Centers For Disease Control), which both suggest that the virus in humans can show itself anywhere from days after a bite (exposure) up to a year after the event.
Since most people die of rabies in countries like Africa where dog rabies is still prevalent (something that used to be our issue here before vaccination programs) there aren't really that many cases here in the states that they can use as reference cases from known exposure to known death.
If you look at the published literature of X number of deaths per year here in the states over the last several decades it points to folks who often didn't think contact with either a bat or other mammalian vector species (raccoon, skunk, fox) was a cause for concern or the need for shots. This might surprise some of us, but I bet it doesn't as I know too many folks who have been bitten and never thought twice about not ringing up the doc for any shots or treatment.
CDC displays the incubation period after an exposure "may vary from a few days to several years, but is typically 1 to 3 months.
What we of course including myself would be thinking is mostly related to when we are exposed to when we make the call for the shots we know should be very expeditious.
This is based in the fact that outside of those few cases of folks known to have "survived" through due to various treatment methods, once you show clinical signs the disease is considered fatal and therefore the shots no longer do you any good (not that docs won't still try to save you through one of a couple protocols).
Tracking back to the two guys back in the 1953 time, most people didn't know what they know now.
In looking for some info to share here I saw a scientific survey of cavers and this was only in 2000 approximately that shared that more than 26% of those surveyed didn't even believe a bite from a bat was something that required any treatment.
I was surprised by this, but then I'm a wildlife biologist, I grew up hunting, fishing, trapping and hearing about things like rabies, distemper, etc... from birth. Many folks venture into wild situations with wildlife who have no clue about the realities.
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My wife and I both have grown a great fondness for bats and bat conservation, however I never ever joke with the public about rabies, if they had a situation that is considered an exposure by my DOH, then I instruct to contact those folks to have the bat tested and to proceed with their medical treatment.
We spend lots of our time and money providing talks to kids to adults and a big part of that outreach is telling them DO NOT TOUCH WILDLIFE and if you have to ALWAYS USE A BARRIER.
Okay Wink, I'm pretty well done with this topic, though I do think everyone in our industry should understand more about every disease and parasite, etc... that we work with or that might impact a client. The more we know, the better we are at telling people a balanced truth about things and not providing them more fear for situations that don't merit it.
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I'd encourage everyone interested in rabies, pre exposure, post exposure, and pathology of the virus to read the CDC pages. These people are our highest level of knowledge and employ doctors who have a sole purpose in each of these various virus, bacteria, etc... I tell clients who want more info the same, rely on good solid information from a trusted source.
If you are so inclined and want your own texts, look on amazon for two texts for mammals, one is the infectious diseases of north american mammals and the other is the parasitic version of the same. Both have a wealth of things most of us will never see happen in them, but they are excellent in your hand books.
Also, my apologies, not for being passionate about the issue, but if I offended anyone, I just sometimes struggle greatly with some of these topics, I hope that the rest of the thread shows that I'm all about learning from and sharing within my industry and among my colleagues on here and elsewhere.
Best,
Justin
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Re: Pre Exposure Vaccinations
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Excellent job on the info Justin...I'm sure it educated a few of us ...Personally, it's appreciated by me ! Thanks!!!
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