Hello. Hello. Welcome to Shorthand. Another diseasee. I do just love diseases and much like my shark fan girl episode.

I wouldn't say I'm a fan of rabies, but I would say I'm rabid for rabies.

Rabid for rabies.

Rabid for rabies.

There you go.

Fucking obsessed with rabies.

It's very, very interesting.

It's because it's terrifying.

It's because it's absolutely terrifying.

And obviously, you know, I was born in India, spent a lot of time there, went back every summer, and my grandmother would always be like, this before I knew what rabies was, my grandmother would always be like, do not go near those dogs on the street, because if they bite you, you will basically turn into a dog. you will start barking, you will start frothing at the mouth, you will go crazy and we'll have to put you down.

Or we'll have to drag you to the doctor and have 26 injections around your navel. Yep. And I was just like, oh, crumb. And then I found out, she wasn't fucking kidding. No, she was not. And then I was scared. And obviously, have travelled a lot. I wouldn't say I'm a hypochondriac at all, but scared of rabies.

Yeah, I think I've only ever had the jab once before I moved to Costa Rica. And it was really expensive and I didn't have any money at the time. And I remember complaining. It was like 300 qu or something and talk to my mum about it. I was like, you know, like it just only,

even if you get the vaccination, it only gives you 24 hours. So like, what's, what's the point?

And mum was like, Hannah, if modern medicine can only get you 24 hours leeway, think how

horrific the disease must be. Yeah. So I did get it.

It's not worth fucking about. It's really not worth fucking about with that. No. And Mabel had her

rabies vaccination on Tuesday. Wonderful. Yeah. Wonderful. So we're all here rabid for rabies

with no one's rabid. So that is great news. The concept of a deadly virus that causes hydrophobia, frothing at the mouth, and delirious aggression in its hosts, and is transmitted by a biting, sounds more like the plot of a blockbuster film than real life.

And yet, every year, almost 60,000 people die,pped to a bed in the dark, unable to stand the sight of light or water.

That is so sad. I hate that so much.

I just find it so interesting that a disease can make you afraid of something.

Yeah. Yeah, it's crazy.

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