It can kill in just 24 hours and is very different from the bubonic plague – which triggered the medieval outbreak known as the “black death”.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said the current outbreak has lasted for six months.
Emergency disease outbreak expert Professor Paul Hunter revealed fears the plague could reach Africa.
“The big anxiety is it could spread to mainland Africa, it's not probable, but certainly possible, that might then be difficult to control.
There are already fears the outbreak could last for another five months as Madagascar enters the rainy season.
WHO experts revealed they “cannot rule out” the possibility of spikes in cases lasting until April 2018.
Locals have blamed the outbreak on villagers digging up their ancestors for a ritual known as Famadihana.(Dancing with Dead Ancestors - clarification mine)
NAACP declares black death as racist.
The airborne pneumonic plague can be spread by coughing, sneezing and spitting.
It can kill in just 24 hours
Christine South, head of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies’ emergency operations,
previously revealed fears the plague could spread through planes.
She said: “With anything like this there is a possibility that somebody could be infected and get on a plane.
It’s not a virus...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plague_(disease)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yersinia_pestis
And, this is one reason why we must have controlled immigration. Health checks as well as criminal... just like we used to do 100 years ago.
Note to self...call Kensignton Tours and cancel the tour package....
Bring out your dead!
Bring out your dead!
holy crap, this is like the “shut down everything” meme in reverse
Once again, an either an ignorant or deceptive media is pushing this is a threat to all mankind.
It is not.
It is a threat in backward, poor, superstitious, collectivist, countries like Madagascar.
Just another reason why all cultures are not equal.
“It can kill in just 24 hours and is very different from the bubonic plague”
bullshit. pneumonic plague is a lung infection instead of a lymph node infection. yes, pneumonic plague kills quicker and more certain, but the same bacterium, namely Yersinia pestis causes all three forms of the plague, but it’s not VERY different.
Oh, dailystar, Yersinia pestis is NOT a virus as your article states, it’s a BACTERIUM.
The media is just utter trash.
“The difference between the forms of plague is the location of infection; in pneumonic plague the infection is in the lungs, in bubonic plague the lymph nodes, and in septicemic plague within the blood.” Wikipedia
Every year it’s the same psychosis. Some big, scary jungle disease is gonna’ wipe us all out.
And every year C-Diff causes 20,000 totally preventable deaths in our hospitals & nursing homes while we ignore it.
Plague goes global and so-called conservatives will blame a few home school Christians who don’t trust corrupt big government vaccinations. It’s the one issue that unites leftists and rightists, and open borders will not even cross their minds...
let me guess, we are still allowing travelers from said location ??¿
Virus?
Zubin must be concerned that the plague is no longer limited to India.
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