**note: I did accidentally drink caffeinated coffee today, which made my anxiety worse and me feeling shaky and overwhelmed. Even if this sounds irrational to you, please note that this is coming from someone in a spiral.**


Okay so I work as a cashier. I regularly sanitize my hands most times (especially if someone hands me cash) but sometimes it slips my mind. Anyways, so I was standing in front of my register and I noticed I had hangnails. Because I have ocd, I had a compulsion to bite my hangnail on my pinky and a tiny piece of what I assumed to be skin on my thumb. Anyways, I immediately regretted it and now I’m convinced I have rabies. 

My question is, can someone get it even if their finger isn’t directly affected the animal? What if money has it? Or is it dead once it’s completely dry and has not been licked by a rabid animal in the past minutes they’ve been at my register?