See some poor woman has died from Rabies in Tarn

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    #1 North Yorks Red, Jun 18, 2025 at 2:25 PM
    A BARNSLEY woman has died after becoming infected with rabies.

    Following contact with a stray dog while on holiday in Morocco, the woman was diagnosed at Barnsley Hospital,
    poor lass RIP
     
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    #2 Hooky feller, Jun 18, 2025 at 2:57 PM
    Awful news.
    Rest in peace dear lady.
     
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    #3 Watcher_Of_The_Skies, Jun 18, 2025 at 3:28 PM
    Damn. Bitten by a dog with rabies gives you very little time to get successful treatment. Awful way to die.
     
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    #4 kestyke, Jun 18, 2025 at 4:17 PM
    She was bitten in February apparently but only became unwell two weeks ago! ******* hell fire! Poor woman.
     
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    #5 Redhelen, Jun 18, 2025 at 4:28 PM
    Close ontacts are being advised to cone forward to have the rabies vaccination. It's a horrendous disease.
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    #6 Baldrick, Jun 18, 2025 at 4:55 PM
    Apparently she got a "very slight scratch" from the dog in February and didn't think any more of it.
    Very sad.

    BBC News - Briton dies from rabies after 'scratch' from stray puppy in Morocco - BBC News
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c98wyllp170o
     
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    #7 Farnham_Red, Jun 18, 2025 at 6:12 PM
    Horrid way to go. Never knew the incubation period was so long
     
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    #8 Sestren, Jun 18, 2025 at 6:33 PM
    Rabies is absolutely terrifying.
     
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    #9 KamikazeCo-Pilot, Jun 18, 2025 at 6:42 PM
    It is a horrific infection. RIP to that poor lass
     
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    #10 Watcher_Of_The_Skies, Jun 18, 2025 at 7:19 PM
    IIRC it can be both long or short period if time for symptoms to show but you really need treatment as soon as you are bitten, scratched etc.

    I spent some time in South East Asia (and Morocco) and avoiding stray dogs was always top of my list!
     
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    #11 Watcher_Of_The_Skies, Jun 18, 2025 at 7:20 PM

    From Wikipedia. I guess they're being, rightly, super precautionary.

     
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    #12 Django, Jun 18, 2025 at 7:58 PM
    This is horrendous. It’s hard to get your head around something so innocuous leading to your death.

    I remember my parents always telling me not to stroke dogs or cats abroad as they might be stray & carry disease but I never imagined they could be carrying something that could kill you.
     
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    #13 kestyke, Jun 18, 2025 at 9:53 PM
    Must admit, I have never had a rabies vaccine. Got scratched by domestic dogs in France about 25 years ago, bit too late to get a jab now I reckon.
     
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    #14 Wuz1964, Jun 18, 2025 at 9:56 PM
    She had ar least 3 months..
     
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