[mongol]

Can you get rabies still, theoretically, from this event?

[i386]

I believe it’s only transmissible through saliva. Unless you are bitten by the infected animal you will be fine.

https://www.cdc.gov/rabies/transmission/index.html

[dr_dshiv]

25 years! https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3424805/

[AdamJacobMuller]

Theoretically, yes. The infection can lie dormant for an exceptionally long period of time in an exceptionally small percent of cases and can be triggered by unrelated external factors.