41 People Get Rabies Shots After Bats Invade High Schools

41 People Get Rabies Shots After Bats Invade High Schools
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Forty-one people are being treated for rabies after bats invaded two high schools in Salt Lake County, Utah.

The local health department received reports of people at the schools holding bats, kicking them, or even placing them on their shoulders. Bat sightings are not uncommon, but this year the sightings grew, creating a rabies scare, Fox 13 reported.
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