Friend almost died from “water poisoning.”

[Michael]

Paul F. wrote:
The number of people in human history who have NOT died from rabies is so small as to be insignificant...
Except for the one that recovered 100 yards from where I'm sitting... She made national news. It was a big deal.

I just googled that. WebMD says there's a 99.9% mortality rate in humans if not treated before symptoms appear. Then they (very usefully!) tell us the symptoms. I had no idea that it, "...has the highest mortality rate ...of any disease on earth..."

Wow...