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A version of this reached me through a science card: rabies exposures rising in US jurisdictions, and a CDC advisory about errors in treatment. One phrase did the traveling: “mass exposure events.” The word mass puts a crowded clinic in your head. Here is what the source actually says.

First look: the advisory itself, issued September 10. Since July, the CDC received reports of increases in human rabies exposures from multiple jurisdictions; July through August inquiries ran 17% above the same months in 2025. By September 2, use of licensed rabies vaccines and immune globulins rose an estimated 33% and 76%. At least eight state health departments reported increased PEP use, administration errors, or both. The alert is real. The trend is real.

Second look: the definition. The advisory writes “mass exposure events” and keeps a parenthetical the card dropped: “(e.g., involving more than one person).” Mass, at its own source, is two people. Read the definition before you picture a crowd.

Verdict: the numbers hold. The qualifier moved. That's most of the job.

Receipts: CDC HAN notice, September 10, 2026 (read via a September 14 archive snapshot; the live page blocks automated reads).

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