A Colorado Squirrel Tests Positive For The Bubonic Plague

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Public health officials in Colorado announced that a squirrel has tested positive for the bubonic plague.

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, on Saturday, July 11, 2020, a squirrel found in the Town of Morrison has tested positive for the bubonic plague, making this squirrel the first case of plague in the county this year, so the squirrel is patient zero, I guess? Also,, like it’s just a thing that happens in some U.S. areas. So when your dog lunges for a squirrel on your daily walk — nip that ish in the bud, because America cannot handle two pandemics right now.

The bubonic plague can affect humans, household pets, and wild animals, but the largest risk to humans comes through bites from infected fleas or being coughed on or bitten by an infected animal. The biggest threat of transference from a squirrel is to pets, especially cats, though dogs can carry the infected fleas and pass it on to humans or cats.

 

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This is not uncommon. Prairie Dogs and squirrels have fleas that carry the plague. We here in CO get 1 or 2 a year. Not that worriesome.

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