Pratt: Almost all cases of rabies in humans come from being bitten by a rabid animal, and bats do carry rabies. βββ βββββ ββ ββββββ βββββββββββββ βββ ββββββ ββββββββ ββββ ββββ βββ βββββββ ββ βββ ββββ ββββββββ ββ βββββββββ βββββ ββββββ ββββ ββ βββββ ββββ βββ βββ βββββββ ββββ ββββββ βββββ βββ βββ ββββββββββββ ββββββββ ββ ββββ ββ βββ ββββ βββββββ
The author concludes that thereβs not much justification for health warnings that urge removal of all bats that live in buildings where people work/live. This is based on the fact that bats are shy animals that rarely bite, and the fact that the overwhelming majority of bats donβt have rabies.
The author assumes that the risk of being bitten by bats, whether they have rabies or not, does not provide significant justification for removing bats from all buildings where people work/live. The author assumes that there arenβt significant reasons we should remove all bats from the buildings, despite the unlikelihood of being bitten by a rabid bat.
Analysis by Kevin_Lin
Which one of the following, ββ βββββ ββββ βββββββ βββββββ βββββββββ
A rabid bat ββ ββββ ββββ ββββββ ββ ββββββ βββββββ βββ ββββ ββ ββββββ βββ βββββ ββββ ββ βββββββ
Rabid bats are ββββ ββββββ ββββ βββββ ββββ βββ βββ ββββ ββββ βββββββββββ
Most animals that βββββ ββββββ βββ βββββββ ββ βββββββ βββββ βββββ ββββββ βββββββββββ ββββ ββββββ ββββ βββββββ
The bat species ββββ βββ βββββββ βββββββββ ββ ββββββ ββ βββ ββββ ββ ββββββββββ
People are more ββββββ ββ ββ βββββ ββ ββββββ ββββ ββββββ ββ β βββ ββ ββββ ββββ ββββββ ββ βββ βββ ββββββ β βββββββββ