5 infected with deadly pneumonic plague in Tibet

Seeded on Sun Sep 26, 2010 2:50 PM EDT (msnbc.com)

— Filed under: health

ttmadison

Wish this article had included more information about pneumonic plague and how it's transmitted.

Otherwise, how are readers supposed to know about the risk or prevention?

(I Googled for the additional details...)

2 votes

#1 - Sun Sep 26, 2010 6:01 PM EDT

muclhed

Please god KEEP this out of the US!!!

1 vote

#2 - Mon Sep 27, 2010 12:19 AM EDT

bobkat-1879142

The US already has a reservoir of plague, in wild rodents out West like squirrels, chipmunks, and groundhogs. It started with a human outbreak near San Francisco in the 1890s and by the early 1960s samples were found in rodents as far east as Kansas. And plague can turn pneumonic at any time. So far, so good.

1 vote

#3 - Mon Sep 27, 2010 8:02 AM EDT

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