Posted on 03/01/2020 7:34:53 PM PST by BenLurkin
The Texas Department of State Health Services is urging those who recently visited the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo to go get checked out by a doctor.
According to officials, rodeo visitors could have been exposed to rabies after an animal on the grounds contracted the disease.
A student from Miller Grove ISD in Hopkins County was showing an infected solid black Brangus heifer between Feb. 11-14 that public health officials said was capable of spreading the virus.
The warning states that the cow was only outside of the barn during transportation and while being shown. DHS has been in contact with animal caretakers so they can receive a proper screening for any symptoms of the disease.
(Excerpt) Read more at abc13.com ...
That’s the least of San Antonio’s problems....
Coronavirus patient ‘mistakenly released’ from isolation in San Antonio before testing positive for illness, mayor says
Wonder if her name is Rachel.
Rabid cow? Why is Hillary! at a stock show?
Don’t you have to get bit to get rabies?
Is this something that happens often? I’ve never heard of a rabid cow before.
Coronavirus patient ‘mistakenly released’ from isolation in San Antonio before testing positive for illness, mayor says......
......The woman had been in isolation after she returned to the U.S. from Wuhan, China.
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Ah, geez.
Not Good.
Fail
If one shows symptoms of rabies, you have almost a 99.9% of dieing from it.
It is Very rare for someone to survive rabies once symptoms are shown.
Rabies is fake, anybody?
I hate when a rabid cow interrupts my coronavirus pandemic.
Maybe the cow was bitten by a rabid dog, wolf, fox or raccoon.
it's just a cold.
/Freeper Ostridge mode off
….or a moose.
I heard it was two cows, one named “Black” and the other named “Gus”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anKhwRz31lQ
Only 14 people are known to have survived rabies once symptoms are shown, as of 2016.
Apparently not.
If the infected saliva gets in an open cut, you can contract the disease.
https://www.cdc.gov/rabies/transmission/index.html
Rabies virus is transmitted through direct contact (such as through broken skin or mucous membranes in the eyes, nose, or mouth) with saliva or brain/nervous system tissue from an infected animal.
People usually get rabies from the bite of a rabid animal. It is also possible, but rare, for people to get rabies from non-bite exposures, which can include scratches, abrasions, or open wounds that are exposed to saliva or other potentially infectious material from a rabid animal. Other types of contact, such as petting a rabid animal or contact with the blood, urine or feces of a rabid animal, are not associated with risk for infection and are not considered to be exposures of concern for rabies.
Other modes of transmission—aside from bites and scratches—are uncommon. Inhalation of aerosolized rabies virus is one potential non-bite route of exposure, but except for laboratory workers, most people won’t encounter an aerosol of rabies virus. Rabies transmission through corneal and solid organ transplants have been recorded, but they are also very rare. There have only been two known solid organ donor with rabies in the United States since 2008. Many organ procurement organizations have added a screening question about rabies exposure to their procedures for evaluating the suitability of each donor.
Bite and non-bite exposures from an infected person could theoretically transmit rabies, but no such cases have been documented. Casual contact, such as touching a person with rabies or contact with non-infectious fluid or tissue (urine, blood, feces), is not associated with risk for infection. Contact with someone who is receiving rabies vaccination does not constitute rabies exposure, does not pose a risk for infection, and does not require postexposure prophylaxis.
Rabies virus becomes noninfectious when it dries out and when it is exposed to sunlight. Different environmental conditions affect the rate at which the virus becomes inactive, but in general, if the material containing the virus is dry, the virus can be considered noninfectious.
Hope it doesn’t bite my sister
I would guess a bat, most likely.
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