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Pandemic Potential: Scientists Discover 3 Hotspots of Deadly Emerging Disease in the US (scitechdaily.com)
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It's Virginia, Colorado, and Texas.

The main discovery here is an additional 6 mice species as hosts of hantavirus that were previously unknown.

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[–] chonkyninja@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Tell that to Europe.

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 0 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Hah, yes. That was a little while ago, though. Surely we could do better rodent eradication these days.

[–] jatone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 4 days ago

Lol. Sadly no we don't do much better at rodent elimination these days. Our sanitation/cleanliness of our living spaces are the primary improvements that prevent things like the bubonic.

[–] chonkyninja@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

Viruses mutate, and they do that give a flying fuck about your well being.