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At work 3 weeks ago, I was walking an asphalt path in the woods leading to a parking lot to get my car, and saw a red fox in broad daylight. Fortunately, nothing happened, but my first thought was that it may be rabid.
We had an incident in our area (eastern PA) where an elderly woman was out hanging clothes, and a fox attacked her out of nowhere. Her husband came out and beat it with a frying pan, and it turns out the fox was rabid.
We also had a case in our clinic (I’m a RN) where a 6 year old girl was bit by a wild “barn cat”, and it turned out the cat had rabies. The girl got the shots right away, and did fine.
The problem with rabies is that there is no cure. If the “shots” aren’t given soon after the exposure, rabies infection can occur. There is a case in the midwest of successful treatment, but the teen-aged girl still has neurologic deficits.
You’re wise to be cautious.
So you too?
Is the fox population just exploding?