That last bit? Was in a crime novel I read at the beach.
2January 15, 2008 by 8junebugs
Politically speaking, I doubt it will be called Black Death this time around:
Plague a Growing but Overlooked Threat
Also: Bean, I hereby retract my support for your Africa trip.
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Random factoid – one of the most common places to get the plague in America? Yosemite.
I’ve never been there, but I can imagine a healthy rodent and insect population.
So we’re crossing that one off the list for a while.