Plague kills Arizona resident, marking first recorded death since 2007, health officials say

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• makeshiftreaper@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Bubonic Plague never went away and it doesn’t make much sense to vaccinate against it. It’s still carried primarily by fleas and other small blood drinking bugs, prairie dogs can also commonly carry it. Plague is treated relatively easily by antibiotics and isn’t usually fatal or likely to cause long term damage. As the title indicates there’re usually 7-10ish cases of plague per year in America and those are rarely fatal

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• FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I saw this yesterday and had to re-read it a couple of times to make my brain grasp that, yes, the plague is still a thing.

  Wild.

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• Atomicbunnies@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  When I moved to New Mexico I was warned about prairie dogs carrying it. Its still with us but totally treatable when found in time.

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