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[–] LesserAbe@lemmy.world 32 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Horrible. Understandable that a parent may not know the risk involved.

Only reason I know was when I worked at a summer camp they hammered into us that if a bat was found in a cabin we had to catch it for testing, or else everyone staying in that cabin would get rabies shots.

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 16 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I assume we would be ok if it didn't bite us?

Edit: no get tested. Apparently they attack when humans are sleeping and can leave no trace.

[–] LesserAbe@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago

Yeah, state of the art may have changed since then, but since you can't see the bite and a test on a human wouldn't show anything until it's too late, the options were either have a lab test the bat or get precautionary rabies shots.