Typhus Epidemic Worsens in Los Angeles
"It felt like somebody was driving railroad stakes through my eyes and out the back of my neck," Greenwood told the I-Team. "Who gets typhus? It's a medieval disease that's caused by trash."
Greenwood believes she contracted typhus from fleas in her office at City Hall East. Fleas often live on rats, which congregate in the many heaps of trash that are visible across the city of LA, and are a breeding ground for typhus. "There are rats in City Hall and City Hall East," Greenwood added. "There are enormous rats and their tails are as long as their bodies."
It’s easy to forget that, beneath a thin veneer of First World wealth, none of us are all that far away from a public health crisis, especially if we live in a large city.
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