This virus has nasty implications for anyone who may come in contact with infected animals, and that includes people who live in cities which have significant rodent populations. Imagine rats giving the virus to each other in NY City, for instance, and then passing it on to humans...who pass it on to each other.
The idea of a communicable form of rabies which does not require contact with the bodily fluids of the host to contract has potential to be a horrorshow in real life.
Cute and snarky comments about rabid liberals (admittedly tempting to make), arguments about evolution versus creation (another time and place, please--to everything there is a season), all pale when considering the potential for enormous numbers of people or food source animals dying a horrible death.
I understand your frustration (and I am on dial-up) but still enjoy FR in spite of the tendency of some to try and hijack threads, and I hope you will continue to join me and others here who manage to pass over the irrelevant and banal arguments and read through to the heart of the discussion.
Will we need a vaccine that will be taken by everyone?