Public health officials in Colorado have confirmed that a human has tested positive for the plague, a rare but potentially deadly infectious disease that’s typically spread through flea bites.
The infected individual is from Pueblo County, according to the Pueblo Department of Public Health and Environment.
While the plague conjures nightmares of flea-infested rats and dreary medieval villages filled with the dead and dying, in the modern day things aren’t so grim.
Me looking at that link description
“The” plague? As in, the OG plague to end all plagues from the 1300s? Fuuuuuuuuuucccckkkk.
On second thought with the way society is running right now, the end times might be an improvement 🤷
If it’s the black death, that’s the best news I’ve heard today cuz anribiotics work just fine.
for now
Yea, people here get the plague from rodents like prairie dogs “all” (uncommon but not unheard of) the time here (Northern AZ) and it’s just treated with antibiotics.
that’s the best news I’ve heard today cuz anribiotics work just fine.
Welp, crisis averted
lowers torches and pitchforks
Shit, someone gets the plague here every year, it’s even more common in New Mexico.
When I first moved to Colorado, I was definitely surprised the first time I saw something about bubonic plague in the headlines but I’ve lived here long enough that it’s just something that happens every year or so, it’s pretty much always isolated and most of the time the person recovers.
More people die hiking in this state than from plague and I don’t think that’s going to stop people from hiking anytime soon. Same with skiing and I’ll be on the slopes come winter.
So… they finally identified Trump’s strain?
Yeah my wife is now terrified of our indoor cats now contracting the plague somehow. Super fun times.
Great, there’s a chance we’re going to get another black death because of anti-vaxxers
All Deaths Matter
Stop hugging the squirrels and forest critters to avoid the plague.
I spent an hour of my time today hopelessly sending likes, and thoughtful and mostly humourous messages to people on Hinge. The plague doesn’t sound as bad right now in comparison.
