re: Florida boy, scratched by bat, dies from rabies

FYI:

Standard medical procedure is if you are even slightly suspicious that you may have been exposed to a bat bite/saliva/urine/etc. in a cut/the eye/etc. go get prophylactic treatment at the ER. It’s a reasonably simple treatment(a shot I believe) to help prevent a horrible death by rabies.

Once symptoms start, there is almost nothing that can be done.

Edit: Seriously, death rates among symptomatic individuals are almost 100%.