Fun talk:Cure for Rabies

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Would 'catching another (known curable/more interesting or liveable-with) disease which somehow kills off rabies (causing a fever which burns the pathogen off etc) work? Anna Livia (talk) 10:20, 14 January 2019 (UTC)

@Anna Livia With prion disease, there is no chance of survival. Prion disease is 100% lethal and without cure or treatment. With Clinical Rabies there is a chance of survival. --Rationalzombie94 (talk) 03:18, 25 January 2019 (UTC)
A case of 'vague edge of knowledge/seems possible in some cases' - and probably most people who ask the question know of the 'malaria used to cure syphilis' story. Anna Livia (talk) 10:13, 25 January 2019 (UTC)