were spreading Typhoid, Typhus, and tuberculosis. Some doctors didn't almost didn't believe it when people started testing positive for Typhus because no one had actually seen a case of it before. It was thought to be a medieval disease.
Instead of cleaning up the streets, they loosened the criminal laws, and refuse to enforce public nuisance laws. The result has been a spike in crime, public defecation, and drug use. It's a joke that they now care about disease spreading when they haven't cared at all about it before.