Libertarian candidate for POTUS bitten by a bat, will get rabies vaccine as a precaution

Greg P.

Aug 07, 2020 9:17 PM August 07, 2020 9:17 PM

Libertarian candidate for president Jo Jorgensen tweeted Friday night that she was bitten by a bat at the start of her campaign today and she’s now getting the rabies vaccine as a “precaution”:

I will not be able to attend the campaign rally tomorrow morning. I will be getting a rabies vaccine as a precaution after having been bitten by a bat near the start of this campaign tour! I have every intention of participating in the FLAME march and I will deliver remarks at…

— Jo Jorgensen (@Jorgensen4POTUS) August 8, 2020

Is she sure it’s just the one shot?

If @Jorgensen4POTUS wasn’t vaccinated for rabies before this, it means she’s going to need 4-5 shots not just one.

And the 4-5 shots are given over a 14 day period. https://t.co/G3arN9bdrR

— Yashar Ali ? (@yashar) August 8, 2020

The potentially fatal disease caused by a bat will not stop her campaign:

…the #LetHerSpeak rally in Hattiesburg later in the afternoon.

The #LetHerSpeak convoy to Hattiesburg is on time, and is scheduled to depart at 2 PM.

— Jo Jorgensen (@Jorgensen4POTUS) August 8, 2020

How many bat illnesses can we take?

Safe to say that zoonotic diseases from bats are playing a larger role in the 2020 election than I would have anticipated at the beginning of the year. https://t.co/4nm6vS0i4I

— Jacob Grier (@jacobgrier) August 8, 2020

COVID-20:

Thus was SARS-CoV-20 born. https://t.co/4kqtYD5x0W

— Jonathan Levin (@JNLevin) August 8, 2020

We’d be lying if we said this didn’t cross our mind as well:

Wait seriously?! Will you have super powers?

— Dawn (@aurora_g96) August 8, 2020

And this was literally an episode of “The Office”:

Michael Scott's Dunder Mifflin Scranton Jo Jorgensen Memorial Celebrity Rabies Awareness Pro-Am Fun Run Race for the Cure

— Conner (@connerjcaldwell) August 8, 2020

Watch!