Further question about Yeerks.

[Stephquiem]

Yeah, I'm pretty sure it was the whole war. I doubt the Council was there? I don't know. If the blockade lasted throughout the war, that means that whatever Yeerks were on those stolen Andalite fighters were the first and last to leave the planet, and didn't go back. The Council couldn't have been stuck there, because they'd all still have Gedd hosts, then.

[Chad32]

It would make sense for the Andalites to blockade the Yeerk Homeworld after the war started. The escaped Yeerks wouldn't have the force to hold their world in the beginning, and defending the andalite world plus blockading the Yeerk one would be a good reason for the Andalites to be spread too thin, as is stated in the books.

[voodooqueen126]

Perhaps they did blockade it, but as the council had taxxon and hork-bajir hosts and were going to acquire human host, it shows that the Andalite blockade was not successful.

[adeon222]

I'm pretty sure they did blockade it, but I think the council wasn't on the Homeworld... My guess would be the Taxxon world...

[Tim Bruening]

Usually, the Yeerks are really big on keeping things covert. When people get loose, they race to eliminate them. But does it really matter? For the most part, Humans don't believe in aliens. If some crazy person popped up once in a while to yell about Yeerks, would it have really been that big of a security risk?

In book 7, part of the reason the Anis don't see a bunch of people spreading the word about Yeerks is because they were silenced. In book 45, they tried to kill Marco and his dad when his dad escaped.

Now if they already control a large portion of the local media and police force, why would a handful of escapees getting loose over the course of a few years threaten security?

Of course then you have Karen, who is the exception to the rule. Judging from book 7, you would think she'd be taken again within hours of her return home.

I know the Yeerks need to be covert, but I think they take it a little too serious most of the time.

I suggest that the Yeerks infest every psychologist in town.  I figure that many people who see evidence of Yeerks would talk to their psychologists about it!