Comments on: Plague-squirrel panic! https://www.overlawyered.com/2010/08/plague-squirrel-panic/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Sat, 07 Aug 2010 04:31:12 +0000 hourly 1 By: Bill Poser https://www.overlawyered.com/2010/08/plague-squirrel-panic/comment-page-1/#comment-97398 Sat, 07 Aug 2010 04:31:12 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=18749#comment-97398 I wonder what medical advice, if any, the park management obtained? It’s possible that part of their motivation may have been excessive concern over “plague”. Although bubonic plague was of course a huge problem at one time, it is presently treatable with rather ordinary antibiotics. It just isn’t that big a deal.

]]> By: John Burgess https://www.overlawyered.com/2010/08/plague-squirrel-panic/comment-page-1/#comment-97364 Fri, 06 Aug 2010 16:57:02 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=18749#comment-97364 According to the CDC, the US experiences 10-15 cases of plague every year. The last urban outbreak was 1924-25 in LA.

]]> By: tekel https://www.overlawyered.com/2010/08/plague-squirrel-panic/comment-page-1/#comment-97362 Fri, 06 Aug 2010 16:22:36 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=18749#comment-97362 I actually know a guy who caught (and was cured of) the black plague in the late 90s in Los Angeles. The medical consensus was that he was probably bitten by infected fleas during a hiking/camping trip in the San Gabriel mountains, north of Pasadena.

So I for one can easily believe that this might be a real problem, for once.

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