[Perdogg]

I am glad it’s an election year.

[G.Mason]

"We should not overlook the fact that plague has been weaponized throughout history, from catapulting corpses over city walls, to dropping infected fleas from airplanes, to refined modern aerosol formulation," the researchers wrote.

Oh boy ... Just as I was becoming acustomed to the possibility of being blowed up by an asteroid, or drowned by Gorebull's warming, I must now consider getting hit by a rotting corpse, or bit to death by fleas.

Some days it doesn't pay to get up.

[sauropod]

I wonder what the transmission mechanism is between rodent and human. This ought to be stoppable.

[CholeraJoe]

to dropping infected fleas from airplanes

The Reuters editors have been dropping acid again. Anyone know where, when and to whom this actually happened?

[Thommas]

Plague.. is reemerging worldwide and poses a growing but overlooked threat.. in new countries in recent decades and is now shifting into Africa.

Funny, eh? Another "we're all gonna die" article that finally gets around to saying the problem is in Africa. If we just send some more money into the rat-hole, AIDS, or malaria, or plague, or hunger, or despotism in the "world" can be eliminated.

This is wrong on so many levels.

[Liberty Valance]

I don't care how funny my suit looks...
I'm going to Cracker Barrel anyway!

[:o)~

[nicmarlo]

outbreaks seem to be rising after years of relative inactivity in the 20th century.

fyi ping.

[SunkenCiv]

Achoo!