Horrible. Understandable that a parent may not know the risk involved.
Only reason I know was when I worked at a summer camp they hammered into us that if a bat was found in a cabin we had to catch it for testing, or else everyone staying in that cabin would get rabies shots.
Yeah, state of the art may have changed since then, but since you can’t see the bite and a test on a human wouldn’t show anything until it’s too late, the options were either have a lab test the bat or get precautionary rabies shots.
Horrible. Understandable that a parent may not know the risk involved.
Only reason I know was when I worked at a summer camp they hammered into us that if a bat was found in a cabin we had to catch it for testing, or else everyone staying in that cabin would get rabies shots.
I assume we would be ok if it didn’t bite us?
Edit: no get tested. Apparently they attack when humans are sleeping and can leave no trace.
Yeah, state of the art may have changed since then, but since you can’t see the bite and a test on a human wouldn’t show anything until it’s too late, the options were either have a lab test the bat or get precautionary rabies shots.