Roxborough is targeted by rats and typical reaction is…
“People are fed up. People are mad! It’s gross!” Cara Van Fossen exclaimed. “We all have children. We have pets and it’s not safe!”
“It’s scary! It’s very scary because it seems like they’re growing more and more and they’re not little.”
“Oh, I’ve stepped over about a handful of dead rats on any given day,”
…Somebody do something!
“I’ve been here 65 years and never ever saw a rat until now,”
City response:
In a statement, a spokesperson with the Philadelphia Health Department said:
“The Philadelphia Health Department responded to complaints about the site earlier in the year and were not notified of any need for additional follow-up. Then we were notified the problem returned late this week and are sending out staff to respond to the complaint. Our staff will continue to monitor this site until the situation is resolved.”
Back to address their response in a bit but first a rat story that some Philadelphian’s might not want to believe. That’s ok, most of them got vaxxed because they couldn’t believe they were being set up back in 2020, either.
This is a first hand account by a utility worker about rats in an underground manhole in Philadelphia in such numbers the utility he worked for, after two attempts to remove the rats by whatever means failed, abandoned the manhole and left it for the rats. At least that’s how it was explained to those who worked in that vicinity.
I appreciate all the connected thoughts flying through your minds regarding Philadelphia, democrats, underground and a population of rats so overwhelming that modern progress, despite the determined efforts of the worker to set up his work area and complete the job, was unable to continue because one of the rats jumped on him causing him to abandon the area and call it in to his boss as a ‘I ain’t going back into that manhole ever again’ close out on that ticket.
He told his boss they numbered in the hundreds. It was a big manhole.
Those familiar with the Delaware Valley might remember when the Vine Street expressway was being constructed back in the 1980’s; I mention that to give you a time frame of how long ago this took place.
How long did that scientist say it took for the mice to regenerate? Let’s just double that for rats and divide that number into 14600 which is the number of days in 40 years. Gotta be getting ugly in the underground, I’ll betcha. They had to have reached Roxborough by now.
Anyway, after the boss went out to personally check out the worksite he called the subcontractor of choice and turned over the job of recovering the manhole to them. They called him back about an hour later with a no way, jose message, there’s thousands down there, we can’t fix that.
Did you notice the increase in numbers of rats?
So the boss, after discussing it with his boss, I’m sure, calls an exterminator, the one that’s been around probably since the end of WW2; shortly thereafter, they called back and said ‘sorry, they can’t handle that big of a problem’.
At that point, the decision was allegedly made to abandon the manhole. I’m not sure how that worked out. Maybe after consulting with their engineers and social scientists of all kinds they might have concluded that all the construction disturbed the natural social pattern of the rats and decided to give them time to resettle.
One abandoned manhole doesn’t stop the rat’s party anymore than one lost election stops the democrat’s party and If everything is political, rats are the perfect model for the democRAT party.
There are miles and miles and even more miles of duct work underground all large cities; imagine the rat population under NYC.
Which brings US to the Philadelphia Health Department’s response and how they didn’t even mention the possible major health concerns that rats are connected with. Surely, you haven’t forgotten the Black Plague connection to rats?
Well, fleas actually; fleas that made rats nests their breeding ground; lice, too, and if the perfect brand of flea isn’t native to the area, lab leak procedures aren’t limited to window escapes.
Have no fear, while the Philadelphia Health Department didn’t mention it, out of concern over raising a panic, I’m sure, I have no such fear because I really do think adults can handle all kinds of information and situations even if it requires antibiotics.
So does the Cleveland Clinic. They got a handle on the Bubonic Plague:
How is bubonic plague treated?
The bubonic plague can be treated and cured with antibiotics. If you are diagnosed with bubonic plague, you’ll be hospitalized and given antibiotics. In some cases, you may be put into an isolation unit.
Antibiotics that treat bubonic plague include:
- Ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin and moxifloxacin.
- Gentamicin.
- Doxycycline.
If I was you, dear reader, I’d visit the Cleveland Clinic website before the medical mafia whipsaws you into getting a bubonic plague vaccine; some of you are rolling your eyes, aren’t you?
Pay attention, people, they’re looking to hang more scalps on their belts…
From 2023 https://www.vax-before-trav el.com/2023/03/31/mrna-vaccine-found-effective-against-plague
From June 2025 https://www.gbnews.com/health/black-death-vaccine-developed-covid-jab-scientists-fears-disease-could-return-kill-millions
Science is all over the calendar with their vaxx announcements https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36888708/
So there you go, Roxborough, a plan you can hang on yer fridge.
I hope you feel better. At least you got more information than the Philadelphia Health Department provided… Our staff will continue to monitor this site until the situation is resolved.”
What a putz.