tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15888307.post3324505276428655761..comments2024-03-21T01:01:49.406-04:00Comments on The Phantom Soapbox: The Black Death is alive and well.The Phantomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10159748429049446398noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15888307.post-3654132832922692542018-08-11T00:28:22.133-04:002018-08-11T00:28:22.133-04:00Just a FYI -- the reason the Los Angeles Parks Dep...Just a FYI -- the reason the Los Angeles Parks Dept. occasionally sprays city parks with malathion is to kill fleas on squirrels, because those fleas have been found to carry bubonic plague.<br /><br />Reziachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04423576984195780490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15888307.post-12220905192209720432017-11-02T18:32:19.877-04:002017-11-02T18:32:19.877-04:00Identify a plague victim. Bubonic, yes, because of...Identify a plague victim. Bubonic, yes, because of the big black welts they get on them. Pneumonic, the airborn version, no. Because they're dead by the time the damage gets visible.<br /><br />2-11 days from infection it feels like the flu, then it turns into pneumonia and kills you. So it is entirely possible to get on an airplane in Madagascar with a "head cold," infect the whole plane full of people, and be dead three days later.<br /><br />Fun, eh? Nobody is talking about this either. Don't be around people who recently traveled from Africa.The Phantomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10159748429049446398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15888307.post-90945110738972118142017-11-02T18:04:27.729-04:002017-11-02T18:04:27.729-04:00Question: do we, or the Americans, have any way of...Question: do we, or the Americans, have any way of identifying a plague victim walking in off the street?WiFi Lunchbox Guynoreply@blogger.com