[higgmeister]

But soon after Kurowicki got the transplant at the University of Toledo Medical Center in Ohio, the retired postal worker was struck by tremors, lower extremity weakness, confusion — and an inexplicable fear of water that tipped off doctors, according to a CDC report cited by the outlet.

The reference to Hydrophobia made me look again to make sure it was not was from the Babylon Bee.   How on earth could a doctor test for Hydrophobia?   Spray a mist in his face.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Hydrophobia usually isn’t an actual fear of water, but a problem where the rabies virus causes the throat to spasm or lock when a victim tries to swallow fluids.

In the meantime, the virus puts the salivary glands on overdrive, causing the victim to drool virus-laden saliva, since he cannot swallow it. It really is a clever pair of mechanisms to make the virus more transmissible. If evil extraterrestrials were to design a virus to kill us off, I can’t imagine they wouldn’t consider something like this.