Quote Originally Posted by Aggie_Ama View Post
According to my friend who is a vet, only two humans have lived with rabies and both are pretty much brain dead.
I saw one of those survivors many years ago when I did part of my school psych internship in the neuropsych department of a rehab hospital. It was very distressing to see and I have never forgotten it. I love bats, but I would do whatever is advised by the public health folks in response to this. You're lucky, really, that they have the bat to test.

And about phobias--they by definition aren't rational and almost everyone I've ever met has SOME phobia. Part of the human condition.