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To: Aussie Dasher
"Bubonic plague is not usually transmissible from person to person," Jonathan Fielding, head of Los Angeles County public health, said.

Wrong! 25 million people didn't die in Europe from fleas.

Fleas spread it from rodents to humans and then humans spread it like wildfire.

27 posted on 04/18/2006 4:57:16 PM PDT by TheLion
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To: blam

Ping!


29 posted on 04/18/2006 4:59:06 PM PDT by TheLion
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To: TheLion

People had fleas, too.


32 posted on 04/18/2006 5:10:02 PM PDT by Tax-chick ("Although You're invisible, I trust the Unseen.")
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To: TheLion
"Fleas spread it from rodents to humans and then humans spread it like wildfire."

As I recall it went Pneumonic and the aerosol, blood, and sputum in the air caused human to human infections. Rapidly.
51 posted on 04/18/2006 6:14:29 PM PDT by Nuc1 (NUC1 Sub pusher SSN 668 (Liberals Aren't Patriots))
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