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They did not have to kill the squirrel [1]. First, rabies is extremely rare in squirrels and there are no documented cases of squirrel to human rabies transmission in the US ever.

Second, if a squirrel (or raccoon) does have rabies it will show symptoms within 10 days and die not too long after. The guy had the squirrel for seven years and had the raccoon for much longer than 10 days.

[1] https://nypost.com/2024/12/01/us-news/rabies-expert-says-nys...

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> if a squirrel (or raccoon) does have rabies it will show symptoms within 10 days and die not too long after.

tThat sounds like a relatively rapid way of testing if someone has rabies to me. have em bite a squirrel and in 7 days, you know if you need the shots!

I know you’re joking but to be clear, if they have symptoms they wouldn’t need a shot, it’s too late.

Sometimes broad rules like rabies safety protocols around wild animal bites aren't optimal. But you don't want everyone improvising what to do when it could get people killed in other cases. The rule needs to be legible and not need a lawyer to decipher for every case. The kind of bad response wouldn't have happened if the law on keeping wild animals as pets hadn't been broken first setting things off into a rare corner case.

That squirrels death was just like the death of the gorilla in the Cincinnati zoo or of that lion on that it merged multiple realities together and profoundly changed our history. Harris won the election in the reality where that squirrel is still alive.

I still find it interesting that, at all times, a squirrel ran behind her in her first public appearance after the election, her concession speech.

I (tongue in cheek) unironically believe in real life SCP objects for "reality distortion fields". We have too much bloody evidence of this!

Mandela Effect. NO ONE HAS ANY GOOD EXPLANATION FOR THE CORNUCOPIA NOT BEING ON THE FRUIT OF THE LOOM LOGO! I'm from that reality, but the one where Nelson lived.

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