Lackland recruits get rabies shots after bats seen in dorm

[unhappycamper]

http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/military/article/Lackland-recruits-get-rabies-shots-after-bats-5157522.php

Lackland recruits get rabies shots after bats seen in dorm
By Sig Christenson : January 19, 2014 : Updated: January 19, 2014 8:02pm

The Air Force said Sunday it had started vaccinating more than 200 recruits against rabies after bats were sighted in their dormitory complex on Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland.

At least 45 trainees had been given the first of five rabies vaccine shots as the day began as a precautionary measure, but so far none of the fledgling airmen thought to have been exposed to the bats has been bitten.

One suffered a slight case of hives after being vaccinated but is doing well.

The Air Force, in a statement issued Sunday morning, stressed that it did not consider the matter an emergency, but was “exercising an abundance of caution” in vaccinating the airmen who lived in the facility.

[Stargazer09]

1. Good

Those dorms seemed old when I was there nearly 30 years ago. No huge surprise that bats got inside.

Getting the rabies vaccine is no fun, from what I've heard, but it's vastly preferable to dying from rabies.

I only hope that they are able to vaccinate all of the exposed airmen.