Rabies vaccine was first invented as early as around 1885 by Louis Pasteur. I was just wondering why rabies virus has very insignificant medical advancement and is still 100% lethal with no cure.
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Strictly speaking, there is a cure: the Milwaukee Protocol. It’s just very rarely effective.
https://www.esanum.com/today/posts/the-milwaukee-protocol-is-applied-on-a-human-rabies-case-in-the-usa
People HAVE been saved with it. But it’s phenomenally expensive, very hard on the body even if you live, and is really more of a last-ditch Hail Mary than a reliable fix.
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