Teenage boy dies from bubonic plague after eating marmot

CNN ^ | July 15, 2020 | Jack Guy and Bilegdemberel Gansukh

[BenLurkin]

A 15-year-old boy has died from bubonic plague in western Mongolia, according to government health officials.

The teenager caught the plague after hunting and eating marmot, according to Dorj Narangerel, spokesperson for Mongolia's Ministry of Health. He died on Sunday.

Marmots are large ground squirrels, a type of rodent, that have historically been linked to plague outbreaks in the region.

Tests confirmed the teenager had contracted bubonic plague and authorities imposed quarantine measures in the Tugrug district of Gobi-Altai province.

Mongolia has recorded 692 cases of marmot plague from 1928 to 2018. Of those, 513 died of the disease, equivalent to a mortality rate of just over 74%.

Earlier this month, two other people tested positive for bubonic plague in the neighboring province of Khovd, prompting warnings from officials in nearby Russia.

Officials from Russia's Ministry of Agriculture and Food told citizens in the border area not to hunt marmots or eat marmot meat, and to take preventive measures against insect bites.

[BradyLS]

I thought I was the only man alive with no eyebrows...

[Magnum44]

Really, you are ok with that but not mine? LOL

[PGR88]

How dare you call me a marmot! I’m a ground hog, damnit!

[Red Badger]

[Bell Bouy II]

1/2 of them or more probably dont know this part of the world exists

[libh8er]

Eating Marmot in Magnolia and sipping bat soup.. not a recipe for long life.

[cuban leaf]

Roast Marmot!

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Yum!

Looks like I picked the wrong week to go on a diet! :)

[Red Badger]

I never saw yours. All I got was a blank box...................

[Bob434]

Ogden Nash shortest poem ever- (also attributed to Strickland Gillilan)

Fleas,

“Adam, Had’em!”

[libh8er]

[Magnum44]

Thats weird. Maybe you have something blocking the web source?

[Bell Bouy II]

Destructive little bastards.

Ustah pick em off from the patio out in the stone walls up in Ct with a Scoped Rugar 10/22

Love that thing

[BradyLS]

Poor kid. Shoulda wore his maks.

[Red Badger]

two weasels.................

[Bob434]

[[You can get Leprosy from eating Armadillo.]]

Only the 9 banded ones-

[Red Badger]

Company firewall...................

[Magnum44]

Busted FReeping while working. LOL

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

I quit eating Marmot years ago. Koala Bears are much more tasty.

[Nifster]

Oh noes 😱😱😱😱 We’re all gonna die

[Viking2002]

"And, next up on our Cavalcade of Global Pandemics........"

It's coming. You know it.