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PECo



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PostPosted: Mon Aug 13, 2012 2:11 pm    Post subject: Rabid beaver attacks NY man swimming in Pa. river Reply with quote

I wonder whether the Boy Scouts have a merit badge for Rabid Beaver Stoning Laughing :

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_RABID_BEAVER_ATTACK?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

Youi gotta keep an eye out for dem rabid beavers. . . . Wink
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 13, 2012 3:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I read swam between his legs and was waiting for a different spot to be bitten, crotch shot!

Stoning is illegal!

Stoneing.... what country are we in!

PINE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) -- A Boy Scout leader from New York who was attacked by a rabid beaver while swimming in the Delaware River is recovering.

The Poughkeepsie Journal reports that 51-year-old Normand Brousseau, of Pine Plains, was swimming in eastern Pennsylvania on Aug. 2 when a beaver swam through his legs and bit him in the chest.

The animal then bit him in the leg, buttocks, arm, hand and torso before he managed to grab it and hold its jaw closed.

One Boy Scout pulled Brousseau to shore, where he tossed the beaver away from him. The Scouts then used rocks to kill the animal.

A doctor confirmed the beaver had rabies a day after the attack.

Dutchess County health officials say a rabid beaver attack is unusual.
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 13, 2012 5:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

WOW Shocked
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 13, 2012 6:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

That is crazy, I wonder how many rabies shots this guy has to get now.
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 13, 2012 6:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

anointed130 wrote:
That is crazy, I wonder how many rabies shots this guy has to get now.


From what I am told they are VERY painful too..
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 13, 2012 7:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

SAP284 wrote:
anointed130 wrote:
That is crazy, I wonder how many rabies shots this guy has to get now.

From what I am told they are VERY painful too..

I don't think that the current treatment is as painful as the old one:

Post-Exposure Rabies Treatment
If a person is bitten by an animal, one of the most effective methods to decrease the chances for infection involves thoroughly washing the wound and scratches with soap and water.

In the United States, post-exposure treatment for rabies consists of a regimen of one dose of rabies immune globulin and five doses of the rabies vaccine over a 28-day period. Doctors administer the rabies immune globulin and the first dose of the vaccine as soon as possible after exposure. Normally, additional doses of rabies vaccine follow on days 3, 7, 14, and 28 after the first vaccination.

Rabies immune globulin contains antibodies from blood donors who were given rabies vaccine. The antibodies provide interim protection until an exposed person's own antibodies develop in response to the vaccine. In addition, injecting rabies immune globulin at the site of injury reduces the amount of virus that is able to enter the nerve cells and potentially initiate an active infection.

The rabies vaccine works by stimulating a person's immune system to produce antibodies that neutralize the virus. The person develops a protective immune response before the virus reaches the brain and begins to actively replicate.

Older rabies vaccines required painful, daily injections in the abdomen (stomach) for up to three weeks, and they could produce severe side effects. Current vaccines are relatively painless and are given in your arm, like a flu or tetanus vaccine.

Beginning post-exposure rabies treatment is a medical urgency, not a medical emergency. Physicians should evaluate each possible exposure to rabies and, as necessary, consult with local or state public health officials regarding the need for rabies prophylaxis.

http://rabies.emedtv.com/rabies/rabies-treatment.html
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 13, 2012 8:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Lol attacked by a rabid beaver. I don't know what's a worser way to go out being attacked by a beaver or drowing in a lake from a swan attack!
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 14, 2012 9:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Laughing
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 14, 2012 11:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Bluegill Terminator wrote:
Lol attacked by a rabid beaver. I don't know what's a worser way to go out being attacked by a beaver or drowing in a lake from a swan attack!


Or getting a finger bitten off by a bluefish
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