why are rabies incurable
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There is a barrier that prevents icky stuff traveling in the bloodstream from entering your brain. This barrier means the brain is usually protected from such icky stuff. If something manages to cross that barrier, there’s no real way for your body to fight it.
Think of it like a super exclusive private dining room that you have to go through high security to get through. Once you’re inside, there’s no security, it’s just you and the dining room.
If you were to say, go full hog on the buffet, no one would be there to stop you. If you were to get really wasted, pooh and pee all over the walls, break the table, smash the chairs, etc., no one could get to you in time because of all the pesky security–it keeps out the good guys too!
Your brain is defenseless while the rabies virus goes full fat drunk guy at the VIP buffet on your delicious brain bits, and the fat guy doesn’t have the decency to pick up after himself, pooping and peeing all over the place while he’s there. He just keeps on munching until there’s nothing left, and you’re dead.
Rabies is bad because the fat drunk guy figured out a way to slowly sneak across that magical barrier without triggering an immune response. Imagine if he dressed up like a security guard, and the other guards just let him in.
By the time you have symptoms, the fat guy is already established a seat at the table, making a ruckus, and there is no one that can get by that magic barrier to kick him out.
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