#rabies

#rabies

There's a refreshing lack of subtext and pretension to this week's gory creature feature Primate, a straight-to-the-point riposte to the glum, trauma-heavy horror films we've been enduring of late. Rather than following his genre peers who are busy aiming for the lofty heights of Don't Look Now and Possession, British director Johannes Roberts is happy to give gen Z their very own Shakma, the goofy 1990 schlocker about a baboon driven wild by an experimental drug.

Robyn's mother, Yvonne Ford, had shown no signs of illness in the months after returning from her holiday in Morocco in February. She had spoken highly of the country and its people, and recommended it for future getaways. She had not realised that a seemingly harmless interaction with a puppy while sitting in the sun would cause so much damage.

Both countries are still listed at "Level 1," which is the CDC's lowest warning level and comes with a recommendation to "practice usual precautions." For India, there has been at least one report of a case in the United States from a traveler who came from India. A counterfeit ABHAYRAB human rabies vaccine has also reportedly been circulating through major cities in India.

Influenced by the tenets of TCM and a book he read on the unethical practices of rabies vaccine pioneer Louis Pasteur, Grant became skeptical that the collection of symptoms identified by veterinarians as rabies was an actual, distinct disease that could be targeted by an injectable drug. Though he distrusts pharmaceutical products, potential adverse effects aren't his major objection to the shots. "It's more about not being convinced at all that there's really anything to vaccinate against," he said.