'We saw a big, white rat. Came out twice to look at us.'
Just a block away from San Francisco’s City Hall on the corner of Larkin and Grove St., children play at the Helen Diller Civic Center Playground: a park that provides open space for families living in the close quarters of the Tenderloin, Western Addition, Hayes Valley and South of Market neighborhoods. But lately, the popular playground has been getting some unusual visitors: rats.
"We saw a big, white, rat. Came out twice to look at us. It was about 8 inches long, albino white, and pink nose," Oakland resident Chad Avellai toldThe white rat had company. More rodents have been spotted at the Civic Center playground in the late afternoon, while two more were seen under a set of chairs Sunday night. Several more were seen on Friday, including a rat that scurried under a slide that was being used, ABC7 reported.
The San Francisco Department of Public Health told the news station that a rat running across an open space is usually the first sign of an infestation. However, it’s still unclear if traps have been set or if the city has any other plans to get rid of the rats. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention says that, worldwide, rats and mice can transmit up to 35 diseases both directly and indirectly. Common, milder infections include salmonella and tularemia, but one of the more severe illnesses, hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, can be transmitted through rat droppings, urine, saliva and nesting materials."Rats can transmit quite a few infections," Dr. Peter Chin-Hong of UCSF told ABC7.
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