The Republican Comet has cometh; time to off ourselves and climb on the mothership.
Last night, as I watched my state of New Jersey continue to be the butt of all the jokes, I consoled myself with the thought : "
At least I live in the northeast where we don't have to worry about things like bubonic plague" Sighhhhhhhhhhhhhh
By the way - it's transmitted by fleas that bite rats, prarie dogs ( got to deal with that infestation of prarie dogs in my NJ backyard!), etc. Only the pneumonic form is transmitted human - to - human. These folks probably got it in NM and got critically ill a few days later.