humans every year. There are human deaths due to this yearly throughout the U.S. and
around the world.

search results:

https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=causes+treatments+for+hanta+virus+and+plague+among+hiumans&ia=web

link to site from 2005:

https://journals.lww.com/em-news/Fulltext/2005/06000/The_Plague_and_Hantavirus__Forgotten_but_Not_Gone.20.aspx

I don't think I'll ever be going outside my door without masking, distancing or sanitizing
for the rest of my life. I'll be getting whatever vaccines and boosters I can. I'll continue to
avoid contact with rodents of any kind and make sure to be careful to avoid their fresh
or dried urine and feces. How about you?

OhioChick

(23,218 posts)

6. Like you....

Reply to abqtommy (Reply #5)

Thu Mar 25, 2021, 07:22 AM

Mar 2021

I'll be distancing, sanitizing and wearing masks for the rest of my life.

SheltieLover

(57,073 posts)

8. +1,000!

Reply to OhioChick (Reply #6)

Thu Mar 25, 2021, 07:34 AM

Mar 2021

muriel_volestrangler

(101,321 posts)

7. Bubonic (etc.) plague is caused by a bacterium, not a virus

Reply to OhioChick (Original post)

Thu Mar 25, 2021, 07:32 AM

Mar 2021

so, no, do not "think black plague". The very next tweet by the professor says mouse to human transmission is unknown.

Link to tweet

There's no need for alarmism.

wnylib

(21,487 posts)

13. Also, the article emphasized mouse studies,

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Reply #7)

Thu Mar 25, 2021, 08:32 AM

Mar 2021

not rats. With bubonic plague, the flees on the rats were the carriers.

This study is not yet peer reviewed. From what I could understand, nobody knows yet exactly what this study will mean for human infection.

The variants used in the study are the South African and Brazilian ones. The study shows that mice are capable of getting those two variants. It does not show that wild mice have actually contracted it.

All the same, it might be wise to keep pet cats indoors. We know that cats can get it.

ramen

(790 posts)

14. What scares me about this is not so much that we could get it from mice,

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Reply #7)

Thu Mar 25, 2021, 08:49 AM

Mar 2021

but rather that it can replicate and therefore mutate in mice, seeding endless variants and putting the gains made from vaccination at risk. I know there is plenty of alarmism around, but this particular thing actually alarms me.

Duppers

(28,125 posts)

9. Omg! Thank you for giving us a heads up!

Reply to OhioChick (Original post)

Thu Mar 25, 2021, 07:58 AM

Mar 2021

Thank goodness we've had no signs of mice in years. Now I wonder how many other species could act as a vector...say if a cat caught an infected mouse.

OC, sincerely hope your ER physician sons are still holding up under all the tremendous pressure.
Hugs, my friend.

mopinko

(70,127 posts)

10. well, i was already thrilled that i finally solved my mouse problem.

Reply to OhioChick (Original post)

Thu Mar 25, 2021, 08:07 AM

Mar 2021

had to dog a trench all the way around my house so i could tuckpoint the very bottom pf the brick walls.
i hate to use poison, but i had to.

i am so happy not to hear those little assholes scurrying around finally.

Maxheader

(4,373 posts)

11. Ferrell cats and hawks...

Reply to OhioChick (Original post)

Thu Mar 25, 2021, 08:08 AM

Mar 2021

take care of most .. on my plot..Still a good idea to watch out

for them..d-con granules for under the home and all utility

holes coming into the home are sealed. Around your service/breaker

box. I've found dead mice behind the breaker cover....

central scrutinizer

(11,652 posts)

12. I had mice make a nest in the insulation

Reply to Maxheader (Reply #11)

Thu Mar 25, 2021, 08:30 AM

Mar 2021

Of my water heater. I threw the whole thing away, no way to get rid of the smell. I’ve got lots of garter snakes in my yard. Between them and my cat, mice are no where to be found.