Rabies exposure comes from saliva contact

Hello again, dear readers, and welcome back to the monthly letters column.

You’ve filled our mailboxes to the brim, so we’ll dive right in.

— We recently discussed the series of shots required when someone is exposed to rabies. This prompted a letter from a reader in Virginia whose husband found a baby bat. “He touched the bat with his foot (while wearing socks and shoes), and it flew off,” she wrot…