Clearly you did no research, there are about 5000 reported cases of animal rabies in the US each year (who knows how many go undetected). About 90% are in wild animals, the rest in domestic pets, only a couple humans, that's true, but thousands are treated for potential rabies exposure each year. The reason there are few human cases is because most people are smart enough to vaccinate their animals so the jump from wild animals to humans is greatly lessened. In addition, there is a treatment for rabies IF you get it promptly after being bitten or scratched by a rabid or suspected rabid animal, it called PEP (Post Exposure Prophylaxis), which consists of a dose of gamma globulin and 4 doses of the RABIES VACCINE over a 14 day period. There are also thousands of people who work in high risk jobs that get the rabies the vaccine routinely. Anyone who goes into bat caves should be vaccinated, as well as people such as animal control personnel, and wildlife officers, who work with certain wild animals. The four main carriers of rabies are bats, raccoons, skunks, and foxes.
