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Indigoes85 karma

I mean, who can't?

Indigoes29 karma

New life goal: turn backyard into a heaven for young aspiring paleontologists. Brilliant.

Indigoes13 karma

We addressed that in my psych class. The Stanford experience indicated tat we couldn't simply dismiss the Nazi guards as evil, because the experiment (supposedly) demonstrated that any human guard would conform to social pressures and follow orders.

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Just a quick note: rabies is almost invariably fatal without pre-exposure prophylaxis. The current vaccine is 3 doses, ~$300 each, good for 2-5 years.

And it is way less painful than the yellow fever one.

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I'm not a doctor, but according to the CDC, this is accurate -- post-exposure isn't 100%, but it's close. You need less post-exposure prophylaxis if you've had the pre-exposure shots.

The biggest problem is if someone doesn't realize they have been exposed, and then disease subsequently progresses.

As a result, the pre-exposure prophylaxis is recommended for some professionals in the US (vets; people who work with wild bats, etc) and for travelers in certain rural regions abroad, especially if those people will not be able to seek adequate healthcare in a timely fashion.

I was wrong -- I was thinking of these cases, following the Milwaukee protocol. There have only been a few people to survive rabies once the disease has manifested.