About seven people are infected with the plague every year in the US, according to the CDC
  • Admiral PatrickEnglish
    11•6 months ago

    Must be confirmation bias, then. It’s usually not in the news all that much. Like, I knew it wasn’t unheard of, just thought it was more rare than a few cases a year (was thinking more like a few per decade).

    • Flying Squid
      27•6 months ago

      It pops up in the news more than you think. Especially if they feel it’s a slow enough news day.

      Bubonic plague is really not a disease to be concerned about in 2024 compared to thinks like influenza, which we’re doing very little about and which is far more likely to become an untreatable pandemic.

      • @[email protected]English
        12•6 months ago

        Bubonic plague is really not a disease to be concerned about in 2024

        https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/17782-plague

        Bubonic plague is the most common form of plague. It’s also the most survivable. With quick antibiotic treatment, you have about a 95% chance of recovering from bubonic plague.

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antibiotic

        However, the effectiveness and easy access to antibiotics have also led to their overuse[12] and some bacteria have evolved resistance to them.[1][13][14][15] The World Health Organization has classified antimicrobial resistance as a widespread “serious threat [that] is no longer a prediction for the future, it is happening right now in every region of the world and has the potential to affect anyone, of any age, in any country”.[16] Global deaths attributable to antimicrobial resistance numbered 1.27 million in 2019.[17]

        We could yet wind up with things the way they were!