I'm disappointed and disgusted that these two demoniacs didn't follow through with the second part of their plan.  It would've saved the state time and money.

I'm disappointed (to a lesser degree) that the AP writes about "the bubonic-plague virus".  Yersinia pestis is a coccobacillus, not a virus.  Jeez, if you'd even called it "Pasteurella", at least you'd have been in the ballpark.