There is no
shortage of theories, beliefs or opinions about how our world will end and
mankind be doomed to oblivion.
We have a rich
and varied choice and many supporters for each of them however unlikely.
This story in
The Guardian I missed, but in Science Daily there is a video on the
subject. It is about squirrels, those
busy likable little creatures scurrying about carrying the plague, at least in
California, the home of so many theories of doom and destruction.
There have
been a small number of cases where humans have been affected but the view at
present is that these are rare events and not something to worry about.
But, I ask,
what happens if there are genetic twitches either or both in squirrels and
their fur friendly fleas? We have had
extensive plagues in the past, could it happen again?
In our present
globalised inter connected world where millions travel each day a few fleas
here and a few fleas there could be with us all.
Look at the
picture above and be afraid.
Very afraid.
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