All it takes is one bite from a rabid animal, with no follow up medical treatment, and death is virtually guaranteed. But there have been less than 100 deaths in the last century in the US. Why aren’t deaths more common, especially given the sheer volume of wilderness and wild animals in the US?
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Very few people get bitten by wild mamals. And only about 10% of them have rabies. And of those that do get bitten a lot of can get treatment. From what I could find there are about 47000 attacks from wild life in the US per year. But a lot of these arent from mamals but from snakes, birds or insects. From the mamal attacks not nearly all are bites. And from the bites only 10% of the mamals have rabies. And for the rest there is still the possibilty of medical treatment.
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