Replies on Your Dog Bit Someone and Out of Date on Rabies Vaccine?

I got bit 2 weeks ago by a friends dog and finally found out today,the vaccines are not up to date so yes I will now have to have painful rabies shots in my stomach over the next two weeks. My bite ending up being a stage 4 out of 6 puncture and tear wound that went through the middle of my palm and out through my thumb with no fracture! Which is good but I have no feeling in my little and ring fingers. I've avoided the"suit's" all this time and they finally got me today so I had to fill out the dog bite report with the health unit. I don't want to involve my friend's insurance but I have no choice. Because I was bit at a private residence,OHIP wants to be paid back and I'm the 1 that has to now tell my friend she has to call her insurance company. I understand all of this as our free health-care" is big business and why should they pay. I just feel sick because my friend broke her back and is in a wheelchair so I don't want to cause them anymore grief but at the same time I now have to see an upper limb specialist. Her dog obviously doesn't have rabies and has been in quarantine for 2 weeks but this is the 3rd person she's bit. My friend hasn't even told her husband and he's not going to be happy. She has 3 females and I was always told you shouldn't have more than 1 queen in the house. It was a jealousy thing and we both saw it coming a second before it happened. The aggressor had the other dog by the throat and it wasn't going to end well if I didn't jump in and my friend being in a wheelchair has been dumped twice before so it was just a natural reaction and that's when I got bit so I do take some of the blame for sure but they were fighting so hard and probably didn't see anything but red that I'm pretty sure 1 wasn't going to walk away as she's had her throat ripped open before. To top it off,1 was pregnant and due the next day. She did deliver 5 healthy pups and thats why I was there. Had I known they fight,I would've insisted the jealous 1 be in her crate. Lesson learned but now I'm in the middle of a potential huge mess that could very well end our friendship. I am mad that she waited this long to tell me but I understand she's probably terrified but at the same time this is not ok with me.
Any thoughts would be most welcome as I really feel I'm stuck between a rock and a hard place.

I was bit yesterday by the neighbors’ 1.5 yr old pit who’s had No immunizations. No 10 day hold by animal control “we are overwhelmed by the fires and all the pets we’ve got from it’. I’ll file civil suit since the county voted not to allow animal euthanization even for animals that bite repeatedly.

Hi, Cathy.
We've flown twice with two of our small dogs inside the cabin with us. The airline employees only briefly checked that we had a rabies certificate but never said anything about the date. I doubt they even looked for that. If they had, they might have said the dogs were 3-4 years "overdue" for another shot. Knowing that one vaccination lasts a lifetime, we're never again vaccinating, and I would have argued with them about this fact. There is no proof that more than one vaccination is needed.