Rabies
Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
iHeartPodcasts
4.7 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 10 February 2026
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
Daniel and Kelly talk about rabies, which results in very few deaths in the United States but is a neglected tropical disease - taking approximately 60,000 lives globally each year.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Hart podcast. |
| 0:03.0 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.8 | Hey there, Extraordinaries. |
| 0:06.3 | Heads up. |
| 0:07.0 | Today's episode is about rabies, so we'll be touching on topics related to death and animal testing. |
| 0:12.5 | Please decide if that content sounds like a good fit for you or for any children that might be hanging out in earshot. |
| 0:19.3 | Thanks. |
| 0:19.6 | Thanks. |
| 0:27.2 | Music children that might be hanging out in earshot. Thanks. In 2025, rabies made the news in the United States. A kidney transplant recipient had passed away from |
| 0:34.6 | rabies, and it was determined that their organ donor had had an undiagnosed |
| 0:39.1 | case of rabies. Humans rarely transmit rabies to each other, and organ and tissue transplants are |
| 0:46.2 | pretty much the only way it happens. But how does someone end up with undiagnosed rabies? Well, |
| 0:53.3 | the man who would go on to become the organ donor |
| 0:55.9 | was holding a kitten in an outbuilding when a skunk came in. |
| 1:00.5 | The skunk approached the man, |
| 1:02.4 | who perceived that the skunk was trying to kill the kitten |
| 1:05.2 | because the skunk was very hungry. |
| 1:07.3 | The man knocked the skunk unconscious, |
| 1:10.0 | they're made of pretty stern stuff out in the country, |
| 1:12.7 | and got a scratch on his shin in the process. In hindsight, he should have thoroughly washed out |
| 1:18.0 | that wound and immediately gone to see a doctor for rabies treatment. But he dismissed the scratch |
| 1:24.1 | and didn't think he had been bitten. He just chalked it all up to an |
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