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Not trying to be facetious, the wikipedia page seems like a good starting point https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rats_in_New_York_City https://en.wikipedia.org/wik
by huehehue 3y ago
Not trying to be facetious, the wikipedia page seems like a good starting point https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rats_in_New_York_City https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rats_in_New_York_City
At a glance, rats are definitely ridden with fleas and disease, but there doesn't seem to be good data on transmissions. I'd still prefer not to have 10,000 tiny little catalysts for a new wave of the plague scuttling under my feet.
- phyzome 3y ago« The pathogens they carry include bacteria such as Clostridium difficile (C. diff), Salmonella, E. coli, and Leptospira. » Well, humans definitely carry at least three of those as well... « it is unclear how infectious the rats are to residents. » And yeah, that's the crux of it. We don't actually know if it's a problem!