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Despite Virus, Visitors Trek to Yosemite, if a Bit Warily
By NORIMITSU ONISHI
Published: September 13, 2012

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. — A stone’s throw from the cluster of tent cabins where three victims of a deadly rodent-borne virus stayed earlier this summer, two tourists from the New York area were meticulously sorting their trash into sealed garbage bins while making sure that a ravenous-looking squirrel did not slip inside.

... But tourists like Ms. Dieguez and Ms. Bennett have been staying in the 413 other cabins in Curry Village that remain open.

The two had decided not to cancel a long-planned annual “girls’ trip” together. “They told us this area was not affected,” said Ms. Dieguez, who is from New Jersey.

“We’re taking all precautions,” said Ms. Bennett, a nurse from Queens.

“But you never know,” Ms. Dieguez added. “Of course, we’re a little nervous.”


http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/14/us/despite-virus-visitors-trek-to-yosemite-if-a-bit-warily.html?_r=1&hp

Thanks for the link to the NY Times article.

I found this quote in the article very telling:

““Inspections for rodent infestation and appropriate exclusion efforts, particularly for buildings where people sleep, should be enhanced,” the [California Department of Public Health] said in a recommendation to Yosemite in a report in 2010 on diseases in the state’s national parks. ”


Note, that this was back in 2010, two years before the current outbreak.

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Maybe this is in one of the other virus threads...
But Yose updates daily ... more or less...

http://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/hantavirus.htm

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