Advice to denizens of New Mexico... own a cat or two.
The last couple people who contracted plague here had the fleas carried in by their cats. We’re plague central where I am.
And ignore warnings about “unsafe” rodent poison.
Hanta has historically wiped out major civilizations in the desert SW.
I have on my ranch an entire cave settlement that just died about 1500 years ago, according to the UNM experts who looked at it. (No it’s not on maps to avoid treasure hunters. My grandfather stumbled on it looking for the source of a seasonal spring.)