1,000 Girl Scouts Urged to Get Rabies Shots

[DesertFox]

Officials in Loudoun County, Va., have notified the parents of nearly 1,000 girls in the Washington region that the youngsters may have been exposed to the deadly rabies virus at a local Girl Scout camp and should consider getting a monthlong series of protective vaccinations.

Federal authorities say it is the largest proactive rabies outreach effort ever conducted in the United States.

More (http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nation/4097201.html)

[Maggie_T]

Living in Commie Maine, I'm exposed to deadly liberal rabies virus every day.

No sweat. I'm self-vaccinated against the bloody thing. ;)

[DeclinetoState]

Gee, I wonder if DoctorDoom is as well.

[DoctorDoom]

Gee, I wonder if DoctorDoom is as well.It's an environmental hazard in New England, but I was self-immunized years ago. My final treatment came with the decision to cancel the local hyperleftist dog-toilet and cease sending letters to the editor—a practice started in the late 50s that led to being labeled an "enfant terrible" by one of its regular columnists.

The break was cathartic and liberating.

The virus is omnipresent, but it can be rendered ineffectual.

[Rhino]

Nearly 1,000 Virginia Girl Scouts Urged to Get Rabies Shots

Sunday, August 06, 2006

LEESBURG, Va. — Officials are recommending that nearly 1,000 Girl Scouts who may have been exposed to rabies at a Northern Virginia camp consider getting protective vaccinations.

There is only a small chance that any of the girls were infected by bats that were found in some of the sleeping shelters at Camp Potomac Woods, Loudoun County officials said.

But authorities are erring on the side of caution because around 1 percent of bats carry rabies, a viral disease that is incurable once symptoms appear. Bats can bite children in their sleep without waking them.

"We think the risk is extremely small, but we can't say there is no risk," Loudoun County Health Department Director David Goodfriend said. "Really, at the end of the day, it's the parents' decision of what level of risk they are willing to bear."

Last month, the mother of a girl who had attended the camp contacted the Girl Scout Council of the Nation's Capital. The girl had told her mother the shelter she slept in had bats living under the eaves.......http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,207204,00.html

[HooverWasRight]

There's a few girls in my town that need rabies shots, plus a flee and tick collar as boot.

[DeclinetoState]

Cindy Sheehan, Hillary Clinton, Helen Thomas and Janeane Garofalo are in your neck of the woods, Hoover?