CBS New York...Bubonic Plague in NYC???

As the CBS local News broadcast was signing off to go to the National news at 6:30 tonight ...they announced..."This just in....2 people in New York City hospital with symptoms of BUBONIC PLAUGE"! N0 detail yet.........

Is there a vaccine

Yep, we were innoculated for plague by the Army before a *little visit* some of us took to Africa during the Biafran War. As I recall, I was sick for about a week adfter getting the shot, and I'm usually pretty tolerant of such things.

I wouldn't like to consider the effect among a population with a high number of AIDS or other immunosystem-depressed recipients. Like in New York, or San Francisco. Not pretty.

-archy-/-

This attitude might be why the world takes the piss out of Americans!

Grow up you lot.

This is a potentially deadly (if untreated) disease which is quite virrilent. It will kill ANYONE, and how do you know that it won't be resistant to antibiotics? The world is having trouble with 'Super-bugs' such as MRSA being resistant to drugs; do we know that this is not a super-bug?

Remember the wisedom of Aesop: PRIDE COMES BEFORE A FALL.

[oh and by the way, it's:
Ring a ring of roses, (referring to the ring of buboes)
A pocket full of posies, (refers to the old belief that plague was caused by myasma (bad smells) so posies of flowers/herbs were carried around)
Atishoo, Atishoo, (refers to the sneezing of victims)
We all fall down. (Death) ]
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If the US wants support for it's war-mongering, it'd better learn humility, manners, decency and 'bulldog spirit'. And that's all of you, from the President to the street cleaner (whatever nationality he/she might be). We're in this modern 'dark-age' together, and the US cannot do ANYTHING in world affairs without it's allies.

You want respect, give respect.

Enjoy.

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