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When the post-exposure rabies shots wear off, can you develop rabies from the initial bite?
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Confusing post: The initial post exposure shots & globulin makes you immune to the virus and that immunity persists about 2 years. By that point any virus that entered your body would be killed off by the immune system. It doesn't hibernate and reactivate years later.
Answered 1/18/2021
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