Do You Need Rabies Shots If A Bat Gets In Your House? Experts Disagree.

“We get the bat-in-the-bedroom question at least once a day in the summer,” said veterinarian Ryan Wallace, a rabies expert at the CDC’s Division of High Consequence Pathogens and Pathology. He said there are more than 2,000 laws in the U.S. regarding rabies, meaning there’s no consensus among county health departments, but said people should use “critical thinking skills” in evaluating their risk of having been bitten.