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Sage Austin | Eureka! Design wrote:
> However, it 
> occurs to me it's possible fox saliva might have gotten in those 
> scratches too.
>   
The virus cannot sustain itself long away from the host 
animal.....temperature, sunlight, dehydration, soap/water, simple 
exposure to air all kill it fast.  The time used to be considered to be 
10 minutes, but that information is about 20 years old, not sure what 
the new would be....but not long, at any rate.  The problem is at the 
site of the bite/lick where the virus is transferred to a new acceptable 
host.

I've seen one person die of rabies and was on the team that treated the 
first known person to survive it, neither a pretty picture.  Survival of 
that disease is not to say you would be in a desirable condition, sad to 
say......and that kid was only 13....

Get the shots, argue later about who's gonna pay.

SJ