That’s worrying, albeit I will say that in a city as large as NY, even +21 infections don’t sound significant. At least to me as an outside.
Probably one errant rat pee salesman
How is rat pee coming into contact with open wounds or mucous membranes? Wtf.
MTA workers, Dept of Sanitation workers, NYCHA workers… So many people who work for the city. All it takes is one hangnail or paper cut.
The human to rat ratio in NYC is 8:3. It’s not just affecting the unhoused, but also people who work in rat infested areas. Probably sanitation, subway, plumbing, masonry repair, etc.
I can post a video if you promise not to get upset about it.
I promise
Definitely not upset lol
I suspect it mostly infects homeless people.
I wonder how many are the migrants bussed there from Texas.
Edit: the article mentions that it is at least partly due to climate change as well.
Who knows, but obviously we should be getting those folks healthcare and a place to live.
Just like all the other Americans, right? (meme reference)
(but more seriously) The migrants are not used to that environment, and especially may fall into such traps more than people who know the area.
Healthcare and housing is a basic human necessity, it should be provided to everyone in a rich nation like ours and we should be meeting people’s basic needs at minimum.
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I never said anything at all about “blaming” them, even if they did happen to be found at the center of this horrible situation. There are a lot of people who while sitting in the comfort of their mansions are very free to make a lot of choices - e.g. the Texas governor who sent them there under false pretenses - but recent immigrants, especially those fleeing persecution at home, are typically those least free and capable to avoid e.g. scams from a scummy landlord who may receive rent money in return for substandard housing where rats might be found.
Also the article talked about a change after 2020, and the influx of immigrants who were promised to go one place but then somehow ended up in a city not of their choosing seems to fit that criteria of something different than the two decades prior to that where infection rates were low.
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Are you serious? They walk on everything, same as housecats (litterbox > kitchen counter)
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So, without reading the article, I’m assuming it’s lethal to humans and not just an issue where we all need to tell the closest rat to have a glass of cranberry juice for their uti.
Sometimes NYC sounds like a 3rd world country.
NY introduces racketeering laws
Questions why there’s so many rats