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Can rabies vaccination cause reduction in intelligence?

Asked by Mimishu1995 (23629points) July 22nd, 2022

My friend told our friend group that she just got scratched by a puppy of her friend. I told her to go to the doctor to do a check-up for rabies and get her rabies shot if needed. She said that she was hesitant to go because she had had 3 vaccine shots and was afraid of “being dumb”.

The “being dumb” reason is actually a really well-known supposed “fact” about rabies vaccine that has been passed around for a long time in my place. The conversation with my friend really got me thinking about that fact. I just didn’t realize that it was a big enough fear to outweigh the fear of rabies itself. I did a google search in English and can’t seem to find any solid evidence of rabies vaccine causing decrease in intelligence or other neurological problems. There are some research papers here and there, but they seem to be about specific regions or specific kinds of side effect, nowhere close to what people mean by “being dumb”. So is there any evidence of rabies vaccine making people dumb?

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