Did you read the news story? Earlier this month, an 87-year-old man in from Spring Grove died from rabies right here in Lake County. How did this happen?
He had been bitten by a bat. The bat was trapped and tested; the testing confirming the bat was infected with rabies. The man was advised to seek medical treatment, which might have been life-saving, but refused.
I don’t know the intimate details of why the man declined treatment. Perhaps it was due to his age and the nature of the therapy (multiple injections over a 14 day period.) But doesn’t his refusal remind you of something?
Suppose there was a “something” out there that could decrease the risk of your catching a highly contagious disease, a disease that might have serious health effects on you, and that you might transmit to your children, your parents, your friends, and your co-workers.
Suppose that “something” was an injection, or maybe two, with maybe an extra jab a few months later. Suppose the health risk of those shots was minuscule compared to the risk of the disease. Suppose it was the only thing in health care that was free! And suppose getting that the jabination might protect your loved ones, others around you, and the nation at large?
What in the name of common sense would prevent you from getting that “something”? Maybe you would wait a few weeks to see if there were any unanticipated harmful side effects in others. Maybe there would be a delay because it would be hard for you to take time off of work, or get child care when you went to get jabbed. But what if the “something” was available at virtually every corner–or that health care workers would come to you to administer it?
OK, there may be a few people with a legitimate history of severe allergic reaction to previous “somethings.” I can these those people hesitating. But other than that–why, oh why would you refuse?
Learn a lesson from the late bat-man of Spring Grove–refuse what is good for you, and you might just wake up dead.
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