Is this just understable fear of Rabies or just Paranoia?

[hevene]

I think I have an irrational fear of rabies and something happened that put my fear into the stratosphere.

My wife and I live in a "rabies free" country (Okinawa, Japan) however I have discovered that this does not include the huge number of bats that live here.

We were driving down a back alley jungle road yesterday when I noticed there was a dead bat covered with flies on our side of the road.

We drove close to it without stopping and drove near the swarm of flies that were buzzing around it. The windows of the car were closed. We then continued driving for 10 more minutes until we reached the house.

I got out of the car and the first thing that happened was that a fly out of nowhere flew into my eye.

As you could imagine I panicked, went and washed my eye with water then tried not to think about it.

Is it possible that:

A. The bat died of rabies, I have no idea what are the main killers of bats.

B. Was the fly that flew into my eye was one of the flies that were around the dead bat? Do insects get sucked into the car area (undercarriage) when a car drives past?

Am I just being paranoid or is there any reason to worry?

[mkh9]

It is very very unlikely. You don't even know if 1. the bat had rabies, 2. the fly came from the bat.

https://www.cdc.gov/rabies/exposure/type.html

This link doesn't talk about flies.

Any other questions about this ask your doctor. You can also write the CDC rabies section. They will answer your question but it takes up to a week.

regards,
mkh9