• Bubonic plague alive and well in America
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It's nearly 50 years since the US landed men on the moon, but Americans are still dying from a disease that ravaged Europe in the Middle Ages. Why hasn't the US eradicated the plague? The Black Death caused about 50 million deaths across Africa, Asia and Europe in the 14th Century. It wiped out up to half of Europe's population. Its last terrifying outbreak in London was the Great Plague of 1665, which killed about a fifth of the city's inhabitants. Then there was a 19th Century pandemic in China and India, which killed more than 12 million. But the disease has not been consigned to the dustbin of history. It is endemic in Madagascar, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Peru. What's perhaps more surprising is that it is still killing people in the US. [IMG]http://ichef-1.bbci.co.uk/news/660/cpsprodpb/18695/production/_86098999_49104de1-36d8-4433-86b0-353c5ff6f4df.jpg[/IMG] [url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-34398099[/url]
The plague is one hell of a way to go, however I do think this is a bit sensational. Disease scares turn out to be nothing 98% of the time.
I wouldn't exactly call 15 cases in a country of 300 million+ "alive and well" but ok
To my knowledge, Bubonic Plague is easily treated these days if it's discovered fast enough.
why did you make me look at that disgusting image
[QUOTE=Trixil;48910299]why did you make me look at that disgusting image[/QUOTE] Eh, it's just a diseased hand that looks black as coal, it's not that bad comparatively, could be worse.
[QUOTE=Trixil;48910299]why did you make me look at that disgusting image[/QUOTE] Eh, it looks like a mummified hand to be honest.
Yeah, From my understanding its basically stayed active in parts of the middle east and such as they've travel here diseases such as things i can't remember. very helpful source have come with them.
How is this still a thing? Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought you could just treat the plague with antibiotics.
You know what to do guys: [video=youtube;grbSQ6O6kbs]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grbSQ6O6kbs[/video]
I posted something about a month ago about this. Cases pop up here and there. It's by no means "alive and well."
[QUOTE=download;48910443]Eh, it looks like a mummified hand to be honest.[/QUOTE] Or really really bad frost bite [editline]15th October 2015[/editline] [QUOTE=Nicht Du;48910537]How is this still a thing? Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought you could just treat the plague with antibiotics.[/QUOTE] People who don't believe in that medicine mumbo jumbo, or people who are too dumb and/or stubborn to go to the doctor
It's a thing for sure, but Y. pestis infection is easily remedied with antibiotics if caught early. Most people are smart enough to realize that something is up. Just stay away from rodents, especially if you live in the Southwest and you'll be fine. [editline]15th October 2015[/editline] I recall a story of a woman who became infected after hitting a squirrel while mowing her lawn. Not sure what was wrong with that woman that she thought running it over would be a good idea.
The plague is mostly effecting rodents like prairie dogs. They're dying off in droves, but part of that is because of human control efforts to prevent the spread to human populations.
its got its own biological reserves, but THIS plague is not the same as THE plague, that plague killed people remarkably fast, this isn't that strain of bubonic plague
[QUOTE=Samg381;48910002] Disease scares turn out to be nothing 98% of the time.[/QUOTE] I'm glad you calculated that
[QUOTE=agentfazexx;48910697]I posted something about a month ago about this. Cases pop up here and there. It's by no means "alive and well."[/QUOTE] I was more referring to the fact that the plague actually still exists. [editline]16th October 2015[/editline] [QUOTE=RaptorJGW;48911435]I'm glad you calculated that[/QUOTE] 66.7% of statistics are inaccurate anyway.
Ah, its about the season to be hyping up diseases, plagues, and viruses.
there's been what, 200 cases in the past century? not exactly an epidemic.
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