So I'm in a bit of a bind. I need the rabies vaccine. 4 shots over 2 weeks. I'm being required to go inside an ER to do so, because I guess no one else is capable of a simple muscular injection into my arm? If I catch COVID-19 I and two members of my family will die.
Called the ERs. They will not do the injections outside. I'm having to choose between possibly dying from rabies, or possibly dying from COVID-19 (which includes two loved ones likely catching it from me and also dying).
Ideas?
My moral and ethical code is clear: no ER, as the risk to two others is absolutely unacceptable.
I don't understand why they can't ship it to my doc, or do the injection outside. The area I'm in has extremely high COVID-19 community spread. I don't know if we even have a single ICU bed left.
Additional: the animal that bit me is not one of the species that is known to carry rabies in my state.
@Hettivong any chance of trapping the animal that bit you? when i was bit by a feral cat & went to the ER, all they did was hand me a bottle of disinfectant cleaner & a scrub brush, & told me to scrub the bite for 15 minutes. rabies shots were not offered. (i did trap the cat later & he was euthanized & tested negative, but i was less than impressed with the hospital experience)
Additional: no fever, no sign of any infection at the site.
I'm slamming my head against the wall right now.