They’re underselling rabies. Might as well say it’s always fatal.

Got bit by a mouse on my wedding night. I was drunk and decided to fish him out of a trash can, by hand. Yeah. Little fucker drew blood, I was pretty worried the next morning. Good news! Small rodents almost never have rabies and don’t transmit to humans.

I also looked up the Florida counties where my home and camp are, both pretty wild places. Long story short, I’m not worried a bit, though I do keep an eye on animals I see. The country animals are so shy I would be plenty alarmed if one so much as watched me up close.