Yeah, the takeaway from this is, "We need some public service announcements about bats," and "The healthcare protocol needs to be updated so that a shot is given if a bat is found in a room where someone was asleep or otherwise may have been bitten without being conscious of it," not "These are bad parents."

It isn’t protocol for the hospitals to give the shot for a bat in the room. Probably would have gone to the hospital and been turned away.

Or they would have gone to the hospital and had the Doctor find the bite/scratch that led to the rabies infection.

And it’s easy after the fact to say oh should have done this. As they say hindsight is 20/20.

Would you be saying this if the child was left in a hot car? Unattended in the bath? Found unsecured chemicals under the sink?

As I said, ignorance is no excuse for a dead child.

If no one ever told them the dangers of hot cars, would you be arguing this if the child died in one? If no one ever told them to not leave a child unattended in the bath, would you be arguing this when the child drowned? If no one ever told them to properly secure chemicals, and the child drinks them would you still be arguing for ignorance?

Lots of things aren't taught in schools. Many don't have wide reaching PSA's.

None of that changes the fact that a child died from a very preventable illness because the parents didn't think.

Ignorance is not an excuse for a dead child.