cindy
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Post by cindy on Aug 7, 2020 19:20:28 GMT 10
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Post by blueshoes on Aug 7, 2020 19:47:55 GMT 10
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Post by kelabar on Aug 7, 2020 20:03:13 GMT 10
(Rushes out to buy rat traps and poison.)  Plague crops up regularly. Needs a rat bite or handling of plague-infected material to spread usually. It is a bacteria so controlled by antibiotics. Could be a problem ATSHTF if rodent numbers soar. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_plagueDeep breath... and relax. |
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Post by Stealth on Aug 7, 2020 22:46:09 GMT 10
Yeah, plague is nowhere near wiped out. The good thing about it is that it's easily cured with a round of antibiotics from what I've heard. The BAD thing is that antibiotics are starting to become ineffective because of over use. So long as the plague doesn't get smarter we're fine to deal with it at the moment. It seems to be a fairly slow learner in comparison to other lurgies so my (completely non-medical background) concern isn't really around that at the moment.
But yeah, definitely has reminded me to get some pest control going on. My cat is a murderous she-demon, but a proper plague of vermin and I reckon even she'd get bored. Probably get our old boy pupperino fired up too lol.
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Post by fei on Aug 8, 2020 16:07:04 GMT 10
Yep, the plague is endemic in some animals in parts of northern China and Mongolia (and probably other nearby areas). People are catching it from eating these animals, so no human transmission like COVID. The plague is also treatable by antibiotics. Keeping in mind many of these people are nomads, the deaths are only happening because people don't recognise the symptoms and then can't get to the city to be treated in time. These deaths have been reported on the official Chinese news, trying to drive home the idea that eating random animals is not good for you. Even though that info has been all over all news etc for months due to COVID, there are obviously still people happy to eat whatever animal they happen to get their hands on. Its been reported this week that another tick-borne illness has started spreading and causing deaths, but in the cities this time. It seems this virus has been around in the upland areas of some agricultural areas for years, but no money was put into stopping it. Its now got to some big cities, and the government are trying to work out who patient zero was and how its been spread. |
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