[wearywanderer]

Rabies cases in America are rare specifically because the authorities take it seriously. If authorities stop taking rabies seriously, expect:

> An estimated 31,000 human deaths due to rabies occur annually in Asia,[2] with the majority – approximately 20,000 – concentrated in India.

[outworlder]

If you have been bit by a dog that cannot be located anymore, or that has an uncertain vaccination record, health care providers will initiate the rabies protocol regardless.

That's one of the reasons why it is rare in the US.