Rabies

[roguejuror]

Dead by rabies.

A central California middle school teacher died after contracting rabies from a suspected bat bite, local health officials said.

The victim’s death was reported last Tuesday. The Fresno County Department of Public Health confirmed the victim was exposed to rabies in Merced County.

Friends identified the victim as Leah Seneng, 60, an artist and art teacher at Bryant Middle School in Dos Palos.

Splotch told a local TV station that Seneng found the bat in her classroom in mid-October and was bitten after she picked it up to move it outside.

“She didn’t wanna harm it,” said Splotch. “But that’s when I guess it woke up or saw the light or whatever – It swooped around a bit, and it took off.”

Seneng didn’t experience any symptoms at first, Splotch said, but she fell seriously ill about a month later. Her daughter took her to the hospital on Nov. 18, where she was placed into a coma. She died four days later.

 

[Tron]

The lesson learned here is:

DON’T PICK UP BATS

my hard and fast rule is: I DON’T EVER TOUCH BATS.

 

[tullamore]

What about baseball bats.

 

[FairWarning]

I'm surprised California didn't come up with some legislation to make bats illegal.

 

[Tron]

I knew the “California” joke was coming

 

[Matty]

The lesson learned here is:

DON’T PICK UP BATS

my hard and fast rule is: I DON’T EVER TOUCH BATS.

And if you do, maybe, you know, go tell your doctor that a fokken bat bit you.

 

[Boner_18]

We get bats in the house once in a while, including endangered little brown bats. They're pretty easy to close in an room and shoo out a window. Closest I've come to touching one was to pick up a fake plant an exhausted one landed on to place the plant out the window on the roof.

Matty is right, just tell the doc and get the treatment (which I've heard is not pleasant).