She was born in Utah and lived her whole life in Salt Lake. As a pediatrician she sees everything bad that happens to kids including kids dying from exposure to raccoons. She has two kids of her own, and they are very outdoors-y but she is adamant about raccoons being a big risk for kids.
I do hope you are right about the rabies, and she is wrong but I wouldn't risk my child's life on it. She did do her medical training back east but her residency and present practice are in Salt Lake.
Here's Utah State University's paper on raccoons: Look under the paragraph "Raccoon problems" where it states that 80% of the population of raccoons tested there have been exposed to the rabies virus.
https://extension.usu.edu/file...
Where are you getting your information?
