Floyd L. Davidson wrote:
nmp wrote:
Terry wrote:
I hope your shots are up to date.

I hardly see a reason for that.

The US Department for Health and Social Services
operates the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), which
has a very interesting article on bats and rabies:

http://www.cdc.gov/rabies/bats.html

Here are two short quotes:

"Most of the recent human rabies cases in the United
States have been caused by rabies virus from bats."

"... any bat that is active by day, is found in a
place where bats are not usually seen (for example, in
a room in your home or on the lawn), or is unable to
fly, is far more likely than others to be rabid."

Of course it is your pets that should have up to date
rabies shots...

I remember Snoopy in the cartoons grimacing and clutching at his "arm"
after the shot... Back to _House, M.D._, this is one where ol' Greg's
magic did not work (homeless woman; cardboard shelter full of bats;
this they figured out later). Dr Foreman found the bats and got the
shots, I think. Patient died.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/...s-rabies_x.htm
asserts that (in Wisconsin) you "should seek treatment after any
possible contact with a bat or a bite from any other wild animal.
Symptoms of the disease usually do not appear until about a month
after exposure, and by then it is too late to get the vaccine." /Any/
posible contact with a bat? Ri-ight.

Some people handle bats for fun or as a job, and presumably they, like
garbage workers, get the shots first, appropriate to each situation.