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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I thought by the time it is detectable in tests on a person, that person is already terminal. My understanding is if you have any chance of exposure from an animal you skip the tests and go get the shots. IDK about insurance.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I agree and I was just being cynical about health insurance companies denying care for cruelly stupid reasons. Although I remember some old TV shows where "if the animal can be quickly caught and it tests negative for rabies, the child won't have to undergo the painful series of abdominal shots." Not sure if the treatment is still as miserable as portrayed.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Get shots, pay health insurance. Dont get shots, life insurance pays your loved ones.

Macabre and sadly true.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

My life insurance pays a hell of a lot better than my health insurance does.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Or be in Canada and just get shots to be safe. It’s $250 as a precautionary shot before travel but if you have suspected exposure it will be free.