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TexasProgresive

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1. Something a bit short sighted from Dr. Greg Mosely.
Fri Nov 15, 2019, 05:54 AM
Nov 2019

“If you can get high enough immunity in the dog population, rabies will die out."

Does this man think that the only reservoirs of rabies are dogs. Most mammals can contract rabies if their body temperature is high enough. Opossums tend to be immune because they have a low body temp and the virus evidently can't survive. Skunks, Raccoons, foxes, coyotes wolves, bats and a whole host of other furry creatures can harbor rabies.

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