Hmm, maybe that's why they used a bat in the covid gain of function.

On_y one person has survived rabies without ear_y treatment, a gir_ from Fond du _ac WI, or was it Oshkosh. She was bitten by a bat and didn't rea_ize it. Sick for a _ong time. Bat teeth are so sma__ you can get bitten and not know it.

In S America it's common to get a rabies shot.