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First Swine, Now Squirrels
First of all, there have been SEVERAL plagues in the world, not just one. Specify the bubonic plague please. Secondly, squirrels CANNOT transmit the plague to humans. They can be infected, but not transmitters. Small parasites, such as fleas, transmit the disease from small mammals to larger mammals. Thirdly, the bubonic plague is very simple to cure these days with antibiotics. It is not dangerous at all, as long as people who suspect they may be infected head to a hospital and tell their doctor where they've been and what they've been doing, why they think they're infected. While it may be true that large populations of squirrels increase the chance of infected squirrels, and feeding squirrels increases the population, the squirrels are not the inherent problem. Please don't frighten your readers any more than they need to be and try to get your facts straighter in the future.— April 26, 2009 7:59 p.m.