IMHO it's better to be covered doubly, than not at all! Wonder what was up with that - please post if you find any follow-up on it!
8 infected with rare form of typhus near US Los Angeles
Snips: Eight people near Los Angeles have been infected with a rare form of typhus that is spread by fleas, authorities announced on Saturday.
"The vast majority of the population is not going to come in contact with this disease or come down with it."
"It's treatable with antibiotics, and most people recover," Calvet said.
It can result in severe illness and hospitalization, but rarely causes death. It is not spread person-to-person.
It really reads like something I'm certain was discussed here years ago on TM, as a possible vector for bioterror.
Of course I could be mistaken, perhaps I read about it elsewhere online, I wonder what the LEOs are thinking about these incidents.