This may or may not have happened...
A man noticed that one of his goats at his goat farm was acting kind of weird. Only a few days earlier, he had shot and killed a raccoon that was also acting strange. Suspecting rabies, the man decided that the goat should be set apart from the other goats and maybe tested. The problem was that the only lab where a test could be done was many miles away. Instead of placing the goat in his truck, he called a cab. Yes, that's right... A cab. The man was incorrectly worried that the goat could contaminate the truck on which he carried all his other goats.
Once at the lab, the man and his goat walked into the lobby. When he was informed that the goat had to be sacrificed to be tested. (Rabies is not the kind of thing you can just test from blood.) Sure enough, the goat was rabid. But that's where the fun started... The goat farm was used to get goat milk to families who refused to consume pasteurized milk. Yes, that's right... The milk was unpasteurized and consumed by many.
Take a wild guess as to how many people had to be treated for exposure to rabies?
A man noticed that one of his goats at his goat farm was acting kind of weird. Only a few days earlier, he had shot and killed a raccoon that was also acting strange. Suspecting rabies, the man decided that the goat should be set apart from the other goats and maybe tested. The problem was that the only lab where a test could be done was many miles away. Instead of placing the goat in his truck, he called a cab. Yes, that's right... A cab. The man was incorrectly worried that the goat could contaminate the truck on which he carried all his other goats.
Once at the lab, the man and his goat walked into the lobby. When he was informed that the goat had to be sacrificed to be tested. (Rabies is not the kind of thing you can just test from blood.) Sure enough, the goat was rabid. But that's where the fun started... The goat farm was used to get goat milk to families who refused to consume pasteurized milk. Yes, that's right... The milk was unpasteurized and consumed by many.
Take a wild guess as to how many people had to be treated for exposure to rabies?
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