Now Grumpy has already told us that whatever we read in this paper is utter poppycock (so I REALLY doubt this story) but, I must say, that if you have never seen a dead hand on a live person these pictures are very good indeed. And class, questions for you... Etiologic agent of the black plague? Transmitted by? Is the plague communicable? Can it be weaponized?
Sleep well!
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
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Black Plague? Well my great grandfather, George Corley Wallace Nathan Bedford Forrest Julius Rosenberg Drackman said it began in 1619 when.....
ReplyDeleteoh..THAT Black Plague
1: Yersinia Pestis
b: Fleas (the repulsive biting kind, not the repulsive Internist kind)
3: Duh
4: I hope so, or I wasted valuable safe space on a bunch of Z-packs.
Frank
Before I read that the Iron Maiden guy was his son, I was sure he had something to do with the whole thing - guess I'm wrong then, and I don't feel like playing if that isn't the right answer to at least etiologic agent or something.
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Unfortunately, this story is true. While rare, there are cases of the bubonic plague in the western US. Scary, huh? I guess there's a reason they call it the wild west.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.cdc.gov/plague/maps/index.html
http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2012/07/oregon_plague_victim_paul_gayl.html
sorry Frank,
ReplyDeletejust got back from board review. pure bubonic plague is not communicable, but when it is pneumonic it is. still, I'm not rushing to the bedside nome'sayin?