Incredible that there's no cure.
"In terms of the percentage of people who come down with the symptoms of rabies, who die, it is the deadliest disease in the world."
"People just screaming and writhing with convulsions...from the virus's perspective, it's trying to drive its host to be more aggressive so that it bites somebody else and spreads more virus."
"they will get this fear of water, a really powerful fear of water...from the virus's perspective, why that would be advantageous. You are trying to transmit virus through biting. So, an animal who can't swallow his virus-filled saliva is gonna be like a loaded gun."
Induced coma (Milwaukee protocol) was thought to be a cure in 2004, but it turns out that particular survivor probably had previously developed antibodies enabling her survival, and "There have been at least 64 cases with failure of the protocol."
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