Typhus outbreak in Los Angeles

[Batman]

There have been 79 cases of typhus so far this year in Los Angeles, and the outbreak appears to be spreading.
Typhus is a flea-borne illness that causes fever, body aches, stomach pain and a rash. It's not spread from person to person, but through infected fleas that live on animals like rats and possums. Similar to how the bubonic plague spread across the world once upon a time.
There were five reported cases in 2008, and the number has spiked starting in about 2010.
The obvious potential cause is Los Angeles' massive homeless population and the filthy conditions they're living in. Some people want to blame possums.

L.A. typhus outbreak adds fuel to debates over homelessness, housing - Los Angeles Times

The uptick in cases in Pasadena this year is probably linked to opossums and cats — not rats, said Levy Sun, public information officer for the San Gabriel Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District.
“Rats are kind of a red herring here,” Sun said.

 

[Cosmo]

Meanwhile, this is happening across the country:

3 new cases of rare polio-like illness emerge

 

[Severian]

And to think there are people who don't believe in vaccines smh.

 

[justgladtobehere]

What's the vaccine for typhus?

 

[DanOregon]

If you are an anti-vaxxer and your kid still is autistic - what then? Surely there must be unvaccinated kids on the spectrum.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

If you are an anti-vaxxer and your kid still is autistic - what then? Surely there must be unvaccinated kids on the spectrum.

Statistically, it seems, anti-vaxxers kids are more likely to have autism.

Major Study: Kids Who Get MMR Vaccine Are Less Likely to Develop Autism

 

[swingline]

If you are an anti-vaxxer and your kid still is autistic - what then? Surely there must be unvaccinated kids on the spectrum.

If you're an anti-vaccination believer, you deserve all the bad **** that happens to you.

 

[DanOregon]

The kid doesn't though.

 

[justgladtobehere]

There is no vaccine for typhus. Typhus =/= typhoid fever.

 

[Azrael]

There's an outbreak of typhus threads.

www.sportsjournalists.com/forum/threads/the-los-angeles-typhus-epidemic.132575/

 

[heyabbott]

If you're an anti-vaccination believer, you deserve all the bad **** that happens to you.

anti-vaxxers just want healthy children to get sick. Anti-vaxxers are of, obviously low intelligence and therefore less likely to be successful in life. These vengeful and ignorant fools are cruel and want others to suffer because their lives are ****. Sounds just like White Red State trump supporters

 

[DanOregon]

But it isn't - there are hard lefties - the Waldorf school crowd and others - who think kids need to build up natural immunities.