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06-07-2020, 09:27 PM
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bubonic plague

This is all the world needs right now when we are trying to deal with Covid-19.

For goodness sake what's going on.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/06/w...-mongolia.html
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06-07-2020, 09:46 PM
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It says you have to create an account to read it LQ and I'm not prepared to do that, sorry...

Can you tell us the gist of the report please?
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06-07-2020, 09:48 PM
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It’s in Mongolia hopefully it will stay there.
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06-07-2020, 09:51 PM
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This and another flu strain that health experts are saying has similar characteristics to the dreaded Spanish Flu of 1918 and has potential to be as deadly should there be animal to human transmission. Those Commie Chinese are trying to wipe out the Free World.
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It says you have to create an account to read it LQ and I'm not prepared to do that, sorry...

Can you tell us the gist of the report please?
I've copied and pasted it for you Mags.

A herdsman in the Chinese region of Inner Mongolia was confirmed to be infected with bubonic plague, health officials said, a reminder of how even as the world battles a pandemic caused by a novel virus, old threats remain.

The Bayannur city health commission said the plague was diagnosed in the herdsman on Sunday, and he was in stable condition undergoing treatment at a hospital.

The commission also issued a third-level alert, the second lowest in a four-level system, warning people against hunting, eating or transporting potentially infected animals, particularly marmots, and to report any dead or diseased rodents.

The city government said it had put in place plague-prevention measures that would remain in force for the rest of the year.

The disease, which caused the Black Death in the Middle Ages, is caused by the Yersinia pestis bacterium and is transmitted by fleas that become infected by rodents. In Inner Mongolia, the host is often marmots that live in rural areas.

In November, Beijing officials said two people from Inner Mongolia were found to have pneumonic plague, another form of plague caused by the same bacterium. Pneumonic plague is the only form that can be transmitted person to person, through respiratory droplets.

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If not treated, pneumonic plague is invariably fatal, while bubonic plague is fatal in about 30 percent to 60 percent of untreated cases, the World Health Organization says. Antibiotics can cure the disease if delivered early.

The neighboring country of Mongolia also announced on Monday that it had lifted restrictions in Khovd Province after two cases of bubonic plague linked to the consumption of marmot meat were reported a week ago. Health officials said the patients’ conditions had improved, the Ikon.mn news site reported.

Plague cases are found in limited numbers across much of the world. In the United States, about seven cases, usually the bubonic form, are reported on average each year, most often in rural areas of western states, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says.
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06-07-2020, 09:55 PM
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A herdsman in the Chinese region of Inner Mongolia was confirmed to be infected with bubonic plague, health officials said, a reminder of how even as the world battles a pandemic caused by a novel virus, old threats remain.

The Bayannur city health commission said the plague was diagnosed in the herdsman on Sunday, and he was in stable condition undergoing treatment at a hospital.

The commission also issued a third-level alert, the second lowest in a four-level system, warning people against hunting, eating or transporting potentially infected animals, particularly marmots, and to report any dead or diseased rodents.

The city government said it had put in place plague-prevention measures that would remain in force for the rest of the year.

The disease, which caused the Black Death in the Middle Ages, is caused by the Yersinia pestis bacterium and is transmitted by fleas that become infected by rodents. In Inner Mongolia, the host is often marmots that live in rural areas.

In November, Beijing officials said two people from Inner Mongolia were found to have pneumonic plague, another form of plague caused by the same bacterium. Pneumonic plague is the only form that can be transmitted person to person, through respiratory droplets.

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If not treated, pneumonic plague is invariably fatal, while bubonic plague is fatal in about 30 percent to 60 percent of untreated cases, the World Health Organization says. Antibiotics can cure the disease if delivered early.

The neighboring country of Mongolia also announced on Monday that it had lifted restrictions in Khovd Province after two cases of bubonic plague linked to the consumption of marmot meat were reported a week ago. Health officials said the patients’ conditions had improved, the Ikon.mn news site reported.

Plague cases are found in limited numbers across much of the world. In the United States, about seven cases, usually the bubonic form, are reported on average each year, most often in rural areas of western states, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says.
Goodness me, what on earth is happening to the world lately
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06-07-2020, 10:31 PM
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I can't see it being a risk to humanity these days. I remember being told that it exists in the deserts of the US so it's no surprise that it can still be caught in the wilds. Apparently 3 years ago there were cases in New Mexico and there has been the odd case every other year in the US. So it's no surprise that it might be in other parts of the world. I'm sure it's treatable with antibiotics these days.
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07-07-2020, 09:17 AM
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Hi

Bubonic Plague is widespread, it is not just China Based.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubonic_plague
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07-07-2020, 11:20 AM
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It's a load of Borax! Nothing like Covid [A viral infection] It's a bacterial infection and can be easily treated with antibiotics.
Just one more example of panic mongering....
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07-07-2020, 01:23 PM
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It's a load of Borax! Nothing like Covid [A viral infection] It's a bacterial infection and can be easily treated with antibiotics.
Just one more example of panic mongering....
Correct .Some people create panic within themselves and spread it around without even thinking to read up on the matter . I know such people .
Before you know it it’s round the town .
 
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