Human with rabies
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Rabies - Not recommended for children.
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@princesskirara I wouldnt have noticed... I dont read descriptions lol
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@GetTheHook probably because once the symptom appear, threes nothing you can do about it but to watch the victim die...
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Aww, poor baby...
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@NorthForkFisherman, You might also want to read about "Bavituximab" a new antibody researchers developed in 2008. It has already been tested in labs, animals and humans with safe results. It has demonstrated broad spectrum activity against a variety of viruses such as Herpes, HIV, Hepatitis C, Influenza A & B and Ebola. Perhaps once this antibody drug is made available to the public it could help against rabies? Based on it's mode of action it can theoretically work against the rabies virus.
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@cpovey1, I wouldn't call that a cure as it only works before the symptoms appear. In the U.S. the vaccine costs about $2,000 while in SOME third world nations it costs around 300-400 dollars, which is beyond the reach of poor people.
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@84Canaan My father spent decades dealing with African governments. Nothing gets done because everything depends upon massive corruption, corruption that we westerners generally cannot understand. Remember that many African governments still dismiss AIDS as coming from HIV. Current rabies vaccine is pretty stable and inexpensive, yet it does not get to the 40,000+ who need it. A new vaccine that is more expensive holds little hope for improvement.
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@84Canaan There IS a cure for rabies-the vaccination. Think about it-it is almost the ONLY vaccine given AFTER YOU CONTRACT THE DISEASE (but before symptoms). Flu, DPT, measles, mumps, etc. shots are given prophylacticly, in case you contact the disease. Rabies is given after the fact, because the immunity does not last. As for the 40,000+ people who still get it, what makes you think an expensive 'new' vaccine will get to them when the cheap tried and true one isn't getting to them?
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@84Canaan OK, thanks.
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@cpovey1, There is no cure for the disease. Those who get vaccinated are those who were bitten or scratched by an animal who's status is not known. They do it out of precaution to prevent them from acquiring the disease. However, it still kills 40,000-70,000 people worldwide, don't you care for those other people? Making an antiviral against it would also help against other diseases as the newer antivirals being developed are broad spectrum which would work on a variety of virus not just Rabies.
Why the hell is "cute" and "funny" in this videos tags?
princesskirara 1 month ago 29
@princesskirara cause i clicked youtubes auto tag generator and didnt notice it was in it
imkickurass 1 month ago 25