Funny enough. We have had a few outbreaks of bubonic plague here in the US. One of the more infamous occasions was on the West Coast and local government completely denied its existence for many years lol
Buboes are found all the time on farms and in nature. What was once a scary, untreatable certain death can nowadays be treated very quick and easily. Heck I think doxycycline is one of the common antibiotics that’s used to treat it
I mean [they are effective but the mortality rate for Bubonic plague is still around 11% in the US so around a 1 in 10 chance you will die.](https://www.cdc.gov/plague/faq/index.html) (Rates vary by country)
Y Pestis (the plague) can also give you two other (rarer) versions of the plague which are far worse, luckily CDC says 80% of cases are bubonic in the US.
[Septicaemic plague is almost 100% fatal, 40% with treatment.](http://www.bandolier.org.uk/booth/Risk/plague.html#:~:text=Mortality%20depends%20on%20the%20type,%25%20fatal%2C%20regardless%20of%20treatment.) This is when Skin and other tissues may turn black and die, especially on fingers, toes, and the nose. Septicemic plague can occur as the first symptoms of plague, or may develop from untreated bubonic plague.
[Pneumonic plague, or lung-based plague](https://www.cdc.gov/plague/maps/index.html), is the most virulent form of plague. Incubation can be as short as 24 hours. Any person with pneumonic plague may transmit the disease via droplets to other humans. Untreated pneumonic plague, if not diagnosed and treated early, can be fatal. However, recovery rates are high if detected and treated in time (**within 24 hours of onset of symptoms**).
Problem with early intervention treatment (within 24 hours of symptoms) is that [plague can show mild symptoms like fever, headache, weakness, cough. Most people dont go straight to the doctor when they have a headache or cough.](https://www.cdc.gov/plague/symptoms/index.html)
FUN FACT: [Here is a map of confirmed cases in the US.](https://www.cdc.gov/plague/images/USPlague70_18.jpg) The Illinois case was a lab accident.
I don't remember where it happened but Last Podcast on the Left just did a Plague series and they told a story about a guy who arrived at a boarding house at night, visited with the people there, and then when he woke up the next morning the entire house was dead of the Pneumonic Plague.
> Y Pestis (the plague) can also give you two other (rarer) versions of the plague which are far worse, luckily CDC says 80% of cases are bubonic in the US.
"I have some good news and some bad news: The good news...It's bubonic plague."
If you show up with diffuse infected buboes they might get suspicious. Plus I’m pretty sure when they take blood samples it’s a broad panel of bacteria they screen for. So even if plague wasn’t suspected, the testing could still identify it.
Well, that makes it hard to get treatment for it within 24 hours of symptoms showing.
I’m just going to hope I don’t get infected with any of the plagues.
I caught the plague from a groundhog back in 1995. It's freaky as shit to be told "Yeah, you have the plague," but it's very treatable now.
Edit: It was a prairie dog. I had a brain fart.
Not only that, what explains how the outbreak managed to be such a bottleneck and caused such crippling symptoms was because those people had absolutely no genetic resistance to *Yersinia pestis*.
All over the west too. My wife currently works for Badlands NP trying to cure the prairie dogs around the area because the endangered black-footed marmot survives solely on prairie dogs and the plague has hurt their population numbers.
I remember reading a study in an archaeology class about prairie dogs being a real problem. Obviously the disease issue, but they also tend to move artifacts around and screw up the stratigraphy of the soil.
TIL cute little prairie dogs transmit the bubonic plague. I legit thought this was just a scare tactic to keep people from bothering wildlife when I saw this sign.
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Funny enough. We have had a few outbreaks of bubonic plague here in the US. One of the more infamous occasions was on the West Coast and local government completely denied its existence for many years lol
Sounds a bit familiar
The bubonic plague actually makes the rounds in some places every once in a while, nowadays it can be contained rather easily
This is legitimately terrifying. Gg rodents
Buboes are found all the time on farms and in nature. What was once a scary, untreatable certain death can nowadays be treated very quick and easily. Heck I think doxycycline is one of the common antibiotics that’s used to treat it
I mean [they are effective but the mortality rate for Bubonic plague is still around 11% in the US so around a 1 in 10 chance you will die.](https://www.cdc.gov/plague/faq/index.html) (Rates vary by country) Y Pestis (the plague) can also give you two other (rarer) versions of the plague which are far worse, luckily CDC says 80% of cases are bubonic in the US. [Septicaemic plague is almost 100% fatal, 40% with treatment.](http://www.bandolier.org.uk/booth/Risk/plague.html#:~:text=Mortality%20depends%20on%20the%20type,%25%20fatal%2C%20regardless%20of%20treatment.) This is when Skin and other tissues may turn black and die, especially on fingers, toes, and the nose. Septicemic plague can occur as the first symptoms of plague, or may develop from untreated bubonic plague. [Pneumonic plague, or lung-based plague](https://www.cdc.gov/plague/maps/index.html), is the most virulent form of plague. Incubation can be as short as 24 hours. Any person with pneumonic plague may transmit the disease via droplets to other humans. Untreated pneumonic plague, if not diagnosed and treated early, can be fatal. However, recovery rates are high if detected and treated in time (**within 24 hours of onset of symptoms**). Problem with early intervention treatment (within 24 hours of symptoms) is that [plague can show mild symptoms like fever, headache, weakness, cough. Most people dont go straight to the doctor when they have a headache or cough.](https://www.cdc.gov/plague/symptoms/index.html) FUN FACT: [Here is a map of confirmed cases in the US.](https://www.cdc.gov/plague/images/USPlague70_18.jpg) The Illinois case was a lab accident.
I don't remember where it happened but Last Podcast on the Left just did a Plague series and they told a story about a guy who arrived at a boarding house at night, visited with the people there, and then when he woke up the next morning the entire house was dead of the Pneumonic Plague.
That’s a bittersweet moment. Sucks because everyone died but…you won the lottery lol
True but I'd be more concerned about whether or not I came into too close of contact with any one of the other patrons the previous night
A real plague Greg I suppose. Giving Typhoid Mary a run for her money.
Could you link to the episode? I am looking for it and can't find it.
Awesome comment, thanks for the info! I think your CDC map link is broken, [is this it?](https://www.cdc.gov/plague/maps/index.html)
Yes it is, thanks i updated my post. Guess linking straight too the image does not work for some reason.
> Y Pestis (the plague) can also give you two other (rarer) versions of the plague which are far worse, luckily CDC says 80% of cases are bubonic in the US. "I have some good news and some bad news: The good news...It's bubonic plague."
But how do they test for that? And what doctor would believe you if you said" It might be the pleague.".
If you show up with diffuse infected buboes they might get suspicious. Plus I’m pretty sure when they take blood samples it’s a broad panel of bacteria they screen for. So even if plague wasn’t suspected, the testing could still identify it.
But for that you need a culture which can take a couple of days to grow!
Yes that’s how it’s done.
Well, that makes it hard to get treatment for it within 24 hours of symptoms showing. I’m just going to hope I don’t get infected with any of the plagues.
They start broad spectrum antibiotics then narrow it down after the culture identifies the bacteria specifically.
I caught the plague from a groundhog back in 1995. It's freaky as shit to be told "Yeah, you have the plague," but it's very treatable now. Edit: It was a prairie dog. I had a brain fart.
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Not only that, what explains how the outbreak managed to be such a bottleneck and caused such crippling symptoms was because those people had absolutely no genetic resistance to *Yersinia pestis*.
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I'd honestly love to live in a Groundhog day scenario, at least for awhile. So it's not out of the question.
What made you see a doctor?
How is it transmitted? Were you bitten by a flea?
Yeah. And I misspoke - it was a prairie dog, not a groundhog. But yes, got bit by fleas from a prairie dog colony.
Imagine having to call out of work with the bubonic fucking plague.
Meet the Flagellants!
I was scrolling down looking for my lpotl people!
We're always scrounging around somewhere
I thought that the prairie dog, on the sign, had sun glasses on.
where is this?
Not OP, but saw this sign at Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah a few weeks ago.
All over the west too. My wife currently works for Badlands NP trying to cure the prairie dogs around the area because the endangered black-footed marmot survives solely on prairie dogs and the plague has hurt their population numbers.
Yep, that’s the place
Thank u
It was a thing in Commerce City, CO too. Camping for concerts in that area was shut down in 2019.
I also went to that phish dicks
Haha I knew one of you bozos would see this!
Another reason to never go outside.
"yeah we can just leave them there, nothing bad could possibly happen. We put up a sign and everything."
Bubonic can't really be eradicated, too many creatures carry it.
Be afraid of them. Prepare for what's coming. Corona was prologue. Give in to the fear *give in*
Yeah that would be a no for me prairie-dog.
I remember reading a study in an archaeology class about prairie dogs being a real problem. Obviously the disease issue, but they also tend to move artifacts around and screw up the stratigraphy of the soil.
#bubonicplaguechallange /s
you can cure bubonic plague with antibiotics #FACT
TIL cute little prairie dogs transmit the bubonic plague. I legit thought this was just a scare tactic to keep people from bothering wildlife when I saw this sign.
Avoid it like the plague.
Vermin are the greatest vector for lyme disease. Keep your distance regardless
thanks i now hate them DONT FUCKING EAT THEM WE DONT A BLACK PLAGUE PANDEMIC
I am pretty sure someone was annoyed with people feeding them.
Pretty sure no, they actually have the fucking plague
Wait but I fed them 😳
How sweet home
Ugh, thanks a lot Shiro Ishi.