Please To Meet You, My Name Is Rabies
Rabies here. Have you ever wondered what i am really all about?
Most people just think that i make dogs become angry and foam
from the mouth. Well that hardly does my name justice! Try this
on for size; I am a viral disease which causes minor
encephalitis, and can effect animals AND humans. How's that!
Granted, I tend to stick with warm blooded carnivors as my prey,
but don't think I can only get at dogs! Any animal on the planet
is susceptible to my infection. My greatest power is not well
known among the human population. I am uncureable! "Till death
do us part" as they say. Once i have found my way into a humans
system, I almost invariably kill. The only thing you can do to
stop me is prevent me. Vaccination is my worst enemy. If I am
caught in time, vaccinations will sometimes lead to my demise
instead of yours, but don't count on it.
I only generally jump from one host to the next through biting.
"Why don't we stop biting each other?" you ask? Because you
can't! I can make you crazy. I ensure my generation to continue
by causing you to be a vicious animal. Now that I think about
it, I am downright cruel!
But now that I have scared you, I must come clean. Humans are
not my favorite friends. It's hard to make you crazy. For the
most part, if you are bitten by a rabid
animal, you will die unless treated quickly, and that is where
it stops. Occasionally I hop to another person through kisses,
but for the most part, I tend to stay out of your way. But none
the less, be careful!