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The doors were barricaded with debris, i could see fleas and bugs and piles from floor to ceiling, and I can smell urine and feces. – Lyons Police Chief Thomas Herion	Found on CNN 2 years ago
In Colorado, we expect to have fleas test positive for plague during the summer months, awareness and precautions can help prevent the disease in people. – Jennifer House	Found on CNN 2 years ago
The crews said she was covered in fleas and smelled really bad. You could tell she had been out wandering for quite a while, it was obvious that she was abandoned or a stray. – Jacob McAfee	Found on CNN 3 years ago
While we can expect to see occasional cases in parts of America, it’s highly unlikely that there would be a wide-scale outbreak, as long as you’re not mucking around where you might come up against mice and fleas, you don’t have to worry. – Michael Phillips	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
Although this is a rare disease, and the current risk to humans is low, eliminating the fleas is the best way to protect the public from the disease. – Karen Smith	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
It's like a lot of pathogens, it's persistent and emerges at certain times and places for reasons that still remain somewhat mysterious, it would be hard to get rid of all those fleas in the environment and completely eradicate it. – Sharon Collinge	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Do nothing hastily but catching of fleas. – Thomas Fuller	added by anonymous 9 years ago
Fine writers should split hairs together, and sit side by side, like friendly apes, to pick the fleas from each others fur. – Logan Pearsall Smith	added by anonymous 10 years ago
Fleas can be taught nearly anything a congressman can. – Mark Twain	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Haste is good only in catching fleas. – Alla Yaroshinskaya	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Thoughts, like fleas, jump from man to man, but they don't bite everybody. – Stanislaw Lec	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Politicians are interested in people. Not that it is always a virtue. Fleas are interested in dogs. – P. J. O'Rourke	added by anonymous 14 years ago
He that lies down with dogs, shall rise up with fleas. – Benjamin Franklin	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas. – Italian Proverb	added by anonymous 14 years ago
A reasonable amount o' fleas is good fer a dog-keeps him from broodin' over bein' a dog, mebbe. – Edward Noyes Westcott	added by anonymous 14 years ago
We have to fight them daily, like fleas, those many small worries about the morrow, for they sap our energies. – Etty Hillesum	added by anonymous 14 years ago

The doors were barricaded with debris, i could see fleas and bugs and piles from floor to ceiling, and I can smell urine and feces.

– Lyons Police Chief Thomas Herion

Found on CNN
2 years ago

In Colorado, we expect to have fleas test positive for plague during the summer months, awareness and precautions can help prevent the disease in people.

– Jennifer House

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The crews said she was covered in fleas and smelled really bad. You could tell she had been out wandering for quite a while, it was obvious that she was abandoned or a stray.

– Jacob McAfee

Found on CNN
3 years ago

While we can expect to see occasional cases in parts of America, it’s highly unlikely that there would be a wide-scale outbreak, as long as you’re not mucking around where you might come up against mice and fleas, you don’t have to worry.

– Michael Phillips

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

Although this is a rare disease, and the current risk to humans is low, eliminating the fleas is the best way to protect the public from the disease.

– Karen Smith

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

It's like a lot of pathogens, it's persistent and emerges at certain times and places for reasons that still remain somewhat mysterious, it would be hard to get rid of all those fleas in the environment and completely eradicate it.

– Sharon Collinge

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Do nothing hastily but catching of fleas.

– Thomas Fuller

added by anonymous
9 years ago

Fine writers should split hairs together, and sit side by side, like friendly apes, to pick the fleas from each others fur.

– Logan Pearsall Smith

added by anonymous
10 years ago

Fleas can be taught nearly anything a congressman can.

– Mark Twain

added by anonymous
13 years ago

Haste is good only in catching fleas.

– Alla Yaroshinskaya

added by anonymous
13 years ago

Thoughts, like fleas, jump from man to man, but they don't bite everybody.

– Stanislaw Lec