If the dad had kept the bat they could have tested it.
If he had been treated he would have probably lived.
The shots are no fun, although not as bad as they were but they are way ahead of dying.
Canada socialist (non) healthcare. Espexially for white Canadians.
I got the rabies shots last year. its just 3 shots in the arin the arm. they were no problem. there’s another treatment if you get mauled and have a lot of blood contact.
I spoke to a doctor about bats and its rare that a bite or scratch is even visible. My daughter had one in her bedroom one night that I trapped with a towel. Doctor said since I released it, he would have recommended my daughter go through the rabies shots.
Animal scratches can be dangerous as well from feral cats. Guy I went to high school with had had his spleen removed from a motorcycle accident. He was at a friends house who had a puppy. Puppy bit his hands while rough housing and he died a couple weeks later.
When I was a wee lad and we lived in a farmhouse I saw a chipmunk and tried to catch it.
It didn't like that, and bit my hand.
Fortunately my parents caught it (still under the car in the grass where I was reaching for it) and I didn't have to go through any rabies treatment.