Harmless Teddy Bear, I only know about the plague from living in Los Angeles a long time. Hershey may be unaware of Los Angeles' long history of plague existing in Los Angeles' area ground squirrels, chipmunks and rats.
This story is getting a lot of attention because of the titillating headline.
Unfortunately journalists often take advantage of concurrent stories. They sometimes attempt to make exaggerated and very inaccurate connecting tie-ins from one story to the next.
For example, Los Angeles has been in the headlines because of the marching illegal immigrants.
Then there is the constant national alert which warns of a potential deadly form of bio-terrorism, which again, in this case implies an inaccurate relationship.
Without the marching illegal immigrants and threat of bio-terrorism, this story is simply about 1 person out of 9,600,000 people contracting an illness in Los Angeles.
Or he could actually read the article.
The last major urban outbreak in the U.S. occurred in Los Angeles in 1924-25, when at least 30 people died.
I am tired of people leaving their critical thinking skills at the door.