The CDC has just published its new strange warning
As if we did not have enough to fear, we are now on the lookout for "aggressive rodent behavior".
Disease and Prevention Control Centers (CDC) regularly offer useful warnings related to our collective security throughout thecoronavirus pandemic. But now the main public health institute of the nation has issued its strange heads-up and it is not the virus at all. In fact, it'sAll about rats.
As restaurants and businesses remain closed in America's most populated urban areas, rats are increasing stronger and more desperate in their survival attempts, depending on the CDC.
"Some jurisdictions have reported an increase in rodent activity when rodents are looking for new sources of food," warned the CDC. "Environmental Health and Rodent Programs can see an increase in rodent and unusual or aggressive behavior-related service requests."
And that "an aggressive behavior of rodents" would have been to embrace cannibalism. "TheRats do not become aggressive towards peoplebut to the other, "urban rodentologistBobby Corrigan, PhD, saysThe New York Times. "They just turn around."
The temperature elaborated:
In New Orleans, hordes of rats resumed the street after people emptied. Hundreds of thousands of Chicago rats started looking at boldly food, traveling further and day. Some even moved into car engines. Dr. Corrigan stated that the city's pest management professionals sent them cannibalization and slaughter photos.
Although natural disasters such as hurricanes throw rat populations into the disarray, the pattern generally dictates that their populations originally decline before restoring a complete force "as business activity returns to normal", according to the CDC.
In the case of a global pandemic that required a lock, we obviously have a different type of disaster and pest control workers noted that a growing number of rodents behaved differently than ever before. They start raising their heads during daylight hours and they even enter homes.
"Suburban neighborhoods, often adjacent to shopping centers and other companies, also see new infestations"The temperaturereports.
Fortunately, pest control experts say there is no sign that rats are carrying Covid-19. But there are still health problems likeSalmonella infection, which manifests itself in diarrhea, fever, vomiting and abdominal cramps and lymphocyte chorio ziomeningite (LCMV), aViral disease transmitted by rodents transmitted by the urine and saliva of a rat.
If you fear that you have rats at home, know that thewarning signs Include excrement, traces of dirt and "grease brands along the floors and walls". The best precautionary measures, according to the CDC, include "sealing access in houses and businesses, remove debris and heavy vegetation, preventing garbage in tightly covered bins and remove pet foods and birds from [Your] yards. " And for more tips to stay safe and healthy right now, make sure you are fully up toThe worst coronavirus "supervest" that you need to know.