[Re: [mouse pooh, dead ahead! (was got my scirocco and it smellslike pee)]]

[losinit@usa.net (Cathy Boyko)]

Andrew Basterfield <list@cemetery.homeunix.org> wrote:
On Mon, 24 Feb 2003 10:35:34 EST
DieingSwan@aol.com wrote:

> > http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/blrats2.htm

> Please do not make a mockery of something that is
> quite real, at least on the East Coast. I was there for this boy's
> memorial service and there to see his friends finish his senior film
> because that's what he would have wanted.

I'm really sorry to hear about your friend but the link wasn't sent in
jest and does not make fun of the subject. Apologies for any
misunderstanding.

--Andrew

I wasn't making light of it, and the site Andrew mentioned has links to t=
he
CDC, so their info is certainly valid and I don't think they're making li=
ght
of it either. Sorry to hear about anyone getting this disease, and that w=
as
the reason for my suggestion to protect yourself. I do take it very serio=
usly,
but given the number of mouse droppings available for human contact, I do=

think the odds are still quite low, otherwise the disease would be more w=
idely
known. Nevertheless, it's wise to err on the side of caution.
Cathy