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Life-threatening rat pee infections reach record levels in NYC

Between 2001 and 2020, there was an average of 3 cases per year. Last year's tally was 24.

Between 2001 and 2020, there was an average of 3 cases per year. Last year's tally was 24.

Ars Technica

@arstechnica Often, all you need is a title/subject matter to know when you're looking at a Beth Mole story. :p

@arstechnica Yikes! Do they have lepto vaccines for humans?

@arstechnica Holy crap, put your trash in cans like the rest of the world, you morons. Sorry, but we need to be blunt at this point.

@phil It's fine. New Yorkers are usually blunt, anyway.

@phil @arstechnica where will the cars park if we put trash bins there 😔😔😔

@arstechnica only in New York.

There you go. I've been introduced to an entirely new and unwelcome construction of words: "rat pee infection".

@arstechnica
Why the fuck are people letting Rudy Giuliani pee on them?

@arstechnica #RatPee
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