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dreamcompiler
on June 17, 2018
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What caused the Black Death and could it strike ag...
The US Rocky Mountain region gets a handful of cases every year. It's easily treatable with antibiotics if caught early.
mullen
on June 17, 2018
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Idaho just got a case a week or two ago! The kid will be alright because of antibiotics.
pmoriarty
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According to this article,
"Even with the best treatment, some 14 per cent of pneumonic plague victims still die."
dreamcompiler
on June 19, 2018
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Over 80% of plague cases in the United States are of the bubonic form, which is less often fatal. [0]
The case of the boy in Idaho is bubonic.
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https://www.cdc.gov/plague/maps/index.html
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