I remember as a kid driving through the desert with signs stating to beware of rodents, bubonic plague outbreak. I remember being freaked out and someone told me it’s not uncommon, we just don’t hear about it…I’m 43
Living conditions are a lot different than they were back in the 1400s. One of the worst contributors in the European countries was the rushes -- straw and dried grasses on the stone floors (acted like rugs to keep the chill off), which were a breeding ground for all kinds of bugs, including the plague-carrying fleas. I read that one of the safest places was the horse barns because fleas don't seem attracted to horses, they used straw for bedding and fleas won't live in straw (truth...I have horses).
I grew up in Maricopa and spent my summers in Overguard, definitely remember the plague in the desert. We traveled to the Grand Canyon, painted desert etc. for some reason that always stuck in my mind, that and the black rock, or whatever it’s called that looks like little hills. Someone told me they can be hollow and you could fall through and get trapped. Could be untrue, never though about looking into it.
I remember as a kid driving through the desert with signs stating to beware of rodents, bubonic plague outbreak. I remember being freaked out and someone told me it’s not uncommon, we just don’t hear about it…I’m 43
Living conditions are a lot different than they were back in the 1400s. One of the worst contributors in the European countries was the rushes -- straw and dried grasses on the stone floors (acted like rugs to keep the chill off), which were a breeding ground for all kinds of bugs, including the plague-carrying fleas. I read that one of the safest places was the horse barns because fleas don't seem attracted to horses, they used straw for bedding and fleas won't live in straw (truth...I have horses).
This is true. I see the warnings aboit the squirrels when I am in northern AZ
I grew up in Maricopa and spent my summers in Overguard, definitely remember the plague in the desert. We traveled to the Grand Canyon, painted desert etc. for some reason that always stuck in my mind, that and the black rock, or whatever it’s called that looks like little hills. Someone told me they can be hollow and you could fall through and get trapped. Could be untrue, never though about looking into it.
And now one of the MSM rags is warning about the doomsday variant.
They find this every year in Yosemite and Tahoe. And every year they write about it like it doesn’t happen every year. Nothing new.
Oh, it’s long been found in rodents in the Tahoe region, and elsewhere. It’s no biggie.
In Colorado Prairie dogs as well
The real danger is the poison ivy variant. I hear you can that in forests. Hiking is a super spreader event.
So Cal it common. Hanta virus and bubonic plague from ground sQuirrels
Bubonic plague is actually pretty common, happens all the time
Antibiotics take care of the plague.