2014 Bubonic Plague Outbreak

[6souls]

An outbreak of plague in Madagascar has killed 40 people and infected almost 80 others, the World Health Organization has said.

The WHO warned of the danger of a "rapid spread" of the disease in the capital, Antananarivo.

The situation is worsened by high levels of resistance among fleas to a leading insecticide, the WHO added.

Humans usually develop the bubonic form of the plague after being bitten by an infected flea carried by rodents.

But 2% of the cases in Madagascar are the more dangerous pneumonic form of the disease, which can be spread person-to-person by coughing.

The first known case in the outbreak was a man in Soamahatamana village in the district of Tsiroanomandidy, about 200km west of Antananarivo, at the end of August.

There have been two confirmed cases in the capital, including one death.

"There is now a risk of a rapid spread of the disease due to the city's high population density and the weakness of the healthcare system," the WHO said.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-30152979

[Thunder]

Oh no..
http://i.ytimg.com/vi/d5mLka5P3x4/hqdefault.jpg

lol, searching for that image brought back some funny nostalgia, good times.

[Mazmaz]

let's incessantly remind people about how there's no need to be concerned, how it'll never spread, etc. etc. like we did with Ebola until it engulfs several countries.

[Headspace]

let's incessantly remind people about how there's no need to be concerned, how it'll never spread, etc. etc. like we did with Ebola until it engulfs several countries.

lol

[Priran]

team america world healthcare

seriously though, bubonic plague is already endemic in the midwest and it's not spreading

[NynJa]

let's incessantly remind people about how there's no need to be concerned, how it'll never spread, etc. etc. like we did with Ebola until it engulfs several countries.

[Ezek]

Why are there so many disease outbreaks in Africa as of late?

Spoiler: show

My parents are going to have a field day with this on Facebook with their racism.

[Dimmauk]

let's incessantly remind people about how there's no need to be concerned, how it'll never spread, etc. etc. like we did with Ebola until it engulfs several countries.

http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/...gif?1318992465

[Thunder]

Why are there so many disease outbreaks in Africa as of late?

Spoiler: show

My parents are going to have a field day with this on Facebook with their racism.

Gotta distract people from real issues somehow. Covering people getting offended by other people only gets you so many hours daily

It's like if at your job you could instead just gossip about BS with your boss. Politicians/media love this stuff

[myreality]

I'm still waiting for Fox news to connect the Blizzard in Buffalo to Obama's executive order.

Then again Madagascar is a good second.

[Brill Weave]

http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/...gif?1318992465

How the fuck has nobody up till Dimmy made any post at all about shutting down everything?!

[Sepukku]

If we're scrutinizing the media, are we sure this isn't a Nickelodeon promo stunt for the Penguins of Madagascar movie coming out this weekend?

[6souls]

How the fuck has nobody up till Dimmy made any post at all about shutting down everything?!

Other than the OP, idk.

If we're scrutinizing the media, are we sure this isn't a Nickelodeon promo stunt for the Penguins of Madagascar movie coming out this weekend?

http://i592.photobucket.com/albums/t...gascar_pgn.jpg

[kuronosan]

let's incessantly remind people about how there's no need to be concerned, how it'll never spread, etc. etc. like we did with Ebola until it engulfs several countries.

Hi, my name is Mazmaz and I still have next to no fucking knowledge on epidemiology.

[6souls]

Now in New Mexico
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2017/0...-in-new-mexico

[archibaldcrane]

It's in New Mexico out on the reservations just about every year.

[BerenTebogo]

Even House did an episode about somebody getting plague in NM, c'mon man.

[6souls]

https://twitter.com/AP/status/1280084083297660928?s=20

Now in China

[Lokus]

Apparently the US averages 7 cases of bubonic plague every year.

https://www.cdc.gov/plague/maps/inde...UvW5sel1EHdctI

[Tymon]

Mostly on the west coast, yes.

Even if this got totally out of control it's easily treatable.