Posted on 07/22/2014 7:22:29 PM PDT by lbryce
A Chinese city has been sealed off and 151 people have been placed in quarantine since last week after a man died of bubonic Plague, state media said.
The 30,000 residents of Yumen, in the north-western province of Gansu, are not being allowed to leave, and police at roadblocks on the perimeter of the city are telling motorists to find alternative routes, China Central Television (CCTV) said.
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The cat is known for eating coffee beans and the passed beans are prized by some as being somehow a superior coffee. (No thanks, I'll have my coffee prefeline, if you don't mind.)
I always thought that was just a passing fad.
I do like a dark roasted Sumatran coffee, though.
Prairie dogs carry the plague, too (probably because of the fleas).
And is quite treatable with cheap antibiotics. The only form of the plague that still carries a high risk of death in this day and age is pneumonic plague, which is thankfully quite rare.
It’s an ill wind that blows no good...
So do most of their food exports.
Good on her doctor and vet for recognizing the infection. Glad they both recovered!
There are three kinds of plague, caused by the same bacteria. Bubonic and Septicemic plague, caused by fleas, and Pneumonic plague, caused by coughing, sneezing, and direct contamination.
They are further distinguished because in Bubonic plague, the bacteria is transmitted from the bite to the lymphatic system. Without treatment, the bubonic plague kills about two thirds of infected humans within four days. The name Bubonic is based on the swelling of lymph nodes.
In Septicemic plague, the bacteria instead goes into the bloodstream, causing blood clotting in capillaries throughout the body, causing tissue damage and organ failure. It is almost always fatal if untreated.
In Pneumonic plague, the infection is in the respiratory system. Its untreated mortality rate is “very high”. In the modern world, it is the most likely to cause an epidemic, and it is almost certain that the Chinese epidemic is Pneumonic in origin.
Even stranger, there are many Americans who are *immune* to Bubonic plague, as well as a host of other diseases, including HIV. They are descendants of people in northern Europe and England, with a cell mutation. If they have one copy of the gene, they get sick but recover, which is found in 1 in 5 Americans; and if they have two copies of the genes, they never catch the disease, which is found in 1 in 100 Americans.
RATS! RATS!
They fought the dogs,
and killed the cats,
and bit the babies int heir cradles.
from the PIED PIPER OF HAMELIN
What is an animal of questionable origin?
That was very interesting. Thank you. The plague types, I knew about, but I didn't know some Americans are immune.
/johnny
CNN is now calling this Pneumonic Plague.
http://www.cnn.com/2014/07/23/world/asia/plague-china-quarantine/
My guess is it’s really a moslem uprising and the Chinese are telling the world it’s plague to explain away all the deaths that are about to occur.
Thanks for the ping!
Bump. Still don’t know what’s really happening over there.
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