re: Killz Thread: What's the weirdest hypothetical way for the end of all humanity?

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It would be pretty easy to start vaccinating for rabies though.

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Actually, it's much more difficult to produce and administer the rabies vaccine than for, say, influenza. One shot is good for the flu but rabies requires 5 shots for post exposure and 3 for pre. Cost differences are extreme, too. Pre rabies shots run up to $1,000 and post up to $7,000.

Weaponized rabies could reduce the world's population by about half before it could be contained by vaccinations.