Bubonic Plague Outbreaks

nivek

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It is treatable in the early stages, and I've read there are a small number of people who get it in the US every so often...They need to keep an eye on it and make sure it doesn't get out of control, however its not too much of a risk now unless China is hiding something again and bungles this up...

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nivek

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Fifteen-year-old boy dies of the Black Death in Mongolia amid increasing fears of an outbreak

A boy aged 15 has died from bubonic plague in Mongolia as dozens of people who contacted him are in isolation over the deadly disease. The fatality comes as Russia and China were warned that they are vulnerable to the spread of the Black Death. The unnamed teenager had a high fever after eating marmot meat with two friends. He died three days after eating the rodent meat, according to reports. His contacts have all been reached to halt the risk of the disease spreading.

The bubonic plague is a bacterial disease spread by fleas living on wild rodents like marmots. It kills in less than 24 hours if not treated promptly.

The boy died in the western Mongolian province of Govi-Altai, said the country's National Centre for Zoonotic Diseases (NCZD). A lockdown has been imposed in five soums or districts to stop the spread. Two cases of bubonic plague were recently confirmed in the neighbouring province of Khovd, a 27-year-old man and his brother, 17.

Hundreds were vaccinated after coming into direct or indirect contact with the brothers.


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nivek

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Squirrel tests positive for the bubonic plague in Colorado amid fears Black Death will jump to humans

A health warning has been issued in Colorado after a squirrel tested positive this weekend for the bubonic plague in what is being described as 'an increase of reported plague activity.'

The sick squirrel was found in the city of Morrison, southwest of Denver, although it is the first case of the plague ever to have been recorded in Jefferson County. 'Plague is an infectious disease caused by the bacteria Yersinia pestis, and can be contracted by humans and household animals if proper precautions are not taken,' Jefferson County Public Health said.

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment is reporting there has been an increased amount of plague activity in the state having already been found in Broomfield, northwest of Denver. Humans are able to be infected with plague by getting flea bites or from being coughed on by an infected animal.


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nivek

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Could a Y. Pestis pandemic happen again?

Without any doubt, Yes, I think we must be very aggressive with any possible candidates that could become future pandemics...Given the attitudes, reactions, ignorance, and indifference to this current pandemic, we cannot afford to act this way towards other candidates like Y. Pestis which is far more deadlier than Covid-19...

Here is another plague outbreak in yet another part of the world, I believe we need to watch this closely, it's could quickly become a pandemic...

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Plague update in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

In a follow-up on the plague situation in the health zone of Rethy in Ituri province, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, since the upsurge of cases began in early June 2020, a total of 45 cases including nine deaths (case fatality rate: 20%) have been reported.

Of the 45 cases reported, two showed signs of septicemic plague; all the other cases were diagnosed as having bubonic plague. According to the available information, it is likely that all three types of plague clinical presentation (bubonic, septicemic and pneumonic) are present.

Plague is endemic in Ituri province. Since the beginning of 2020, Ituri Province has reported a total of 64 plague cases and 14 deaths (CFR:21.8%) in five health zones, namely Aungba, Linga, Rethy, Aru and Kambala health zones. This compares against 10 cases and 5 deaths (lethality 50.0%) during the same period in 2019, all in a single zone.


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nivek

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Chinese city locks down a neighbourhood and issues epidemic warnings for PLAGUE after reporting a case of death from the disease

A Chinese city has locked down a neighbourhood and issued level-three epidemic warnings for plague after one of its residents died of the disease, according to a government notice.

The city of Baotou in northern China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region said the person had contracted the enteric plague, one of the four forms of plague which attacks a person's digestive system.

The unidentified individual died on Sunday after suffering circulatory system failure, the Baotou Health Committee said in a statement on Thursday. A herdsman from Bayan Nur in Inner Mongolia was confirmed on July 4 to have the disease, known as the 'Black Death' in the Middle Ages.

The latest fatality occurred at the Suji Estate at the town of Shibao in Darhan Muminggan United Banner near the Chinese border with Mongolia, the statement announced. Officials have ordered the city to enter a precautionary warning period, which is set to last from today till the end of the year.

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The city of Baotou in China's Inner Mongolia said the person had contracted the enteric plague, one of the four forms of plague which attacks a person's digestive system

Authorities have isolated nine people who had had close contact with the deceased, as well as their respective close contacts which amounted to 26. All of the 35 quarantined residents have been sent to isolation camps, given precautionary drugs and taken polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests, which detect the bacterium that causes plague.

None of them had a fever, and all their test results were negative, the statement said. Officials locked down Suji Estate to prevent the spread of the disease. The government admitted that the city was facing a potential epidemic of plague among humans.

Authorities said they had carried out door-to-door health checks for the locals and increased the intensity of anti-epidemic education. They added that workers were thoroughly disinfecting the home of the deceased as well as the surrounding farmhouses daily. Officials have also launched a campaign to kill fleas and rodents. None of the residents in Suji had a fever or tested positive for plague, the notice said.

Enteric plague, also known as the pharyngeal plague, can arise as a result of exposure to infectious aerosols or by ingestion of infected meat. It is less common than the bubonic plague, one of the most devastating diseases in history, or the pneumonic plague, a severe lung infection. The other type of plague, the septicemic plague, affects a person's blood systems.

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AD1184

Celestial
Chinese city locks down a neighbourhood and issues epidemic warnings for PLAGUE after reporting a case of death from the disease

A Chinese city has locked down a neighbourhood and issued level-three epidemic warnings for plague after one of its residents died of the disease, according to a government notice.

The city of Baotou in northern China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region said the person had contracted the enteric plague, one of the four forms of plague which attacks a person's digestive system.

The unidentified individual died on Sunday after suffering circulatory system failure, the Baotou Health Committee said in a statement on Thursday. A herdsman from Bayan Nur in Inner Mongolia was confirmed on July 4 to have the disease, known as the 'Black Death' in the Middle Ages.

The latest fatality occurred at the Suji Estate at the town of Shibao in Darhan Muminggan United Banner near the Chinese border with Mongolia, the statement announced. Officials have ordered the city to enter a precautionary warning period, which is set to last from today till the end of the year.

31644088-8600795-image-a-8_1596728511701.jpg


The city of Baotou in China's Inner Mongolia said the person had contracted the enteric plague, one of the four forms of plague which attacks a person's digestive system

Authorities have isolated nine people who had had close contact with the deceased, as well as their respective close contacts which amounted to 26. All of the 35 quarantined residents have been sent to isolation camps, given precautionary drugs and taken polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests, which detect the bacterium that causes plague.

None of them had a fever, and all their test results were negative, the statement said. Officials locked down Suji Estate to prevent the spread of the disease. The government admitted that the city was facing a potential epidemic of plague among humans.

Authorities said they had carried out door-to-door health checks for the locals and increased the intensity of anti-epidemic education. They added that workers were thoroughly disinfecting the home of the deceased as well as the surrounding farmhouses daily. Officials have also launched a campaign to kill fleas and rodents. None of the residents in Suji had a fever or tested positive for plague, the notice said.

Enteric plague, also known as the pharyngeal plague, can arise as a result of exposure to infectious aerosols or by ingestion of infected meat. It is less common than the bubonic plague, one of the most devastating diseases in history, or the pneumonic plague, a severe lung infection. The other type of plague, the septicemic plague, affects a person's blood systems.

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I think China has seen most of the signs of the apocalypse this year. Plague, in multiple forms, locust swarms, massive floods.
 

nivek

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Here's another case in the United States...

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One case of bubonic plague in Navajo County

Navajo County last week did announce the discovery of a single case of the bubonic plague, the bacteria that killed half of the population of Europe between 1346 and 1353.

Thank goodness for antibiotics, which have turned a gruesome death sentence into a painful but manageable disease — at least in the United States where people can readily get antibiotic therapy for the bacteria injected by fleas who feed on people after feeding on plague-infected rodents.

The plague continues to perk along in Arizona and New Mexico, living in pack rats, ground squirrels, gophers, rats and other furry critters. Now and then, it spreads to humans with some help from fleas.

Navajo County warned people not to handle rodents — even when they’re dead. The fleas on the body can easily hop to humans and spread the plague.

In this case, doctors discovered the infection in a 55 year-old man living in Navajo County — although they’re not saying just where he lives. Experts from the Pathogen & Microbiome Institute at Northern Arizona University are working with county public health officials to figure out how the man got infected. So far, they’ve found no other infections, according to assistant county manager Bryan Layton.

“They are pursuing all avenues to discover where it originated. Plague in burrowing animals was identified in the county in August of 2017, but we don’t have records of another human infection in recent history. Whether or not an individual is tested for the plague would depend on the individual assessment of their physician,” Layton said.


In the meantime, health officials want you to be careful.

“We encourage residents to use insect repellant when out in the environment, don’t let pets roam free and not to touch sick or dead wildlife,” said Layton.

The Federal Centers for Disease Control reports an average of seven plague cases in the U.S. annually, with almost all of those cases in nine western states — especially Arizona and New Mexico.

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AD1184

Celestial
Thank goodness for antibiotics, which have turned a gruesome death sentence into a painful but manageable disease — at least in the United States where people can readily get antibiotic therapy for the bacteria injected by fleas who feed on people after feeding on plague-infected rodents.
I think even with antibiotic treatment the disease is much more deadly than Covid, which would be difficult to describe as 'manageable'.
 

nivek

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I think even with antibiotic treatment the disease is much more deadly than Covid, which would be difficult to describe as 'manageable'.

If the plague can spread as fast or faster than the coronavirus through the human populations I could see the supply stock of treatment run out too fast and with the way we are handling covid19, I think we would see untold massive death counts from the plague if it were to become a pandemic once more...

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The shadow

The shadow knows!
our sanitation in 2020 keeps it in check from insect and rodent spread. that being said if widespread human to human transmission happened the virus can spread faster than covid 19
 
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