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Can you get rabies if a vaccinated dog scratches a rabid animal and then hours later scratches you and draws blood? i've been having symptoms
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What symptoms?: When did this happen? How do you know the animal was rabid? Please ask again, and clarify.
Answered 6/12/2017
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