Airdropping vaccines to eliminate canine rabies in Texas

December 7, 2024 2:32 PM

We are researchers who began studying wildlife rabies and oral vaccination in the 1980s. From providing a proof of concept in using oral vaccines in raccoons to being among the first to use new rabies vaccines in the 1990s, we were on the ground floor of efforts to contain this deadly virus.
posted by ShooBoo (4 comments total)

This is brilliant.
posted by y2karl at 7:24 PM on December 7, 2024

Apropos of this, I designed a t-shirt for a friend showing a helicopter dropping chicken heads with the slogan “Save the foxes. Save us all.”

It’s delightfully inexplicable, but anyone who asks about it gets a half-hour lecture on rabies epidemiology.
posted by BrashTech at 4:21 AM on December 8, 2024 [7 favorites]

Interesting. Could this concept be used for humans? I'm imagining Air drops of condoms, sex ed, and morning after pills. As an alternative, perhaps some kind of male contraceptive disguised as Lone Star Beer, or another maga enticing beverage or snack food.

Hey, worrk with me here!
posted by evilDoug at 9:35 AM on December 8, 2024

How about disguised as Viagra? Each tablet could have its own eensy beensy parachute.
posted by y2karl at 5:59 PM on December 8, 2024