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2019-11-29 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Farmer becomes the FOURTH person in China to be diagnosed with plague this month as officials confirm they have the 'Black Death'

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Posted by Skidmark 2019-11-29 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Actually, the Black Death has been located in Central Asia. The locals have long lived with it by incorporating behaviors to avoid it. Its when travelers and outsiders ignore the peril that it starts to 'move'. East-West trade (Silk Road) or conflict would transit the place, outsiders (like Europe) would get to experience it in full force. It's endemic now in New Mexico having migrated from the China-Mexico trade route of the old Spanish empire. Just follow certain warnings and you'll be safe. Fear however apparently does wonders in selling print and filling airtime.

Posted by Procopius2k 2019-11-29 06:41|| 2019-11-29 06:41|| Front Page Top

#2 Or criticized an apparatchik near a mic'd camera.

Posted by swksvolFF 2019-11-29 09:47|| 2019-11-29 09:47|| Front Page Top

#3 #1 is correct - plague is most often carried by the fleas from Ground Squirrels in the US Southwest

Posted by Frank G 2019-11-29 10:46|| 2019-11-29 10:46|| Front Page Top

#4 ...now if those ground squirrels just happen to 'migrate' to west coast high population areas with poor sanitation and piles of trash, it could be 'interesting'.

Posted by Procopius2k 2019-11-29 11:16|| 2019-11-29 11:16|| Front Page Top

#5 You don’t need the squirrels, just the fleas.

Posted by Fat Bob Javish1936 2019-11-29 13:33|| 2019-11-29 13:33|| Front Page Top

#6 now if those ground squirrels just happen to 'migrate' to west coast high population areas with poor sanitation and piles of trash, it could be 'interesting'.

Already happened, I understand. It only becomes interesting when it goes pneumonic, transferring via coughing versus the considerably less efficient fleas.

Posted by trailing wife 2019-11-29 13:52|| 2019-11-29 13:52|| Front Page Top

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