Basically yes this is true, the antibody injection will fight the virus to give your body time to create its own antibodies in response to the vaccine. Rabies must be kept out of the central nervous system because once it reaches there then it’s already too late and the odds of survival are almost zero. It takes our body a week or two to start creating its own antibodies and that’s why you have to receive several doses while your body is ramping up production.
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Basically yes this is true, the antibody injection will fight the virus to give your body time to create its own antibodies in response to the vaccine. Rabies must be kept out of the central nervous system because once it reaches there then it’s already too late and the odds of survival are almost zero. It takes our body a week or two to start creating its own antibodies and that’s why you have to receive several doses while your body is ramping up production.