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Rabies virus in plastic bag

I ordered food thru delivery, the guy who had deliver the food just drop in the other door, the food we ordered just delivered to other door, he just drop the food in forn of door for about two minutes and my wife just take in front of my neigbours door, and put in our dining table, i immediately take some food in the plastic, i had a small cuts or wounds in my hand that time,  , im just worried maybe the rabid skunks and raccoon try to scavange food in  inside the plastic bag, there weather now is 25 and feels like 31 in our area,
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It is very unlikely you could get rabies this way. You have to get the saliva of tha animal onto an open wound, bite of the animal or get the saliva on your eye or mouth.  Rodents are very rarely infected with rabies. Usually it is dogs or bats.  Did the food look eaten?
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