Plague still a current threat!

[Timelord]

See this article :- http://uk.news.yahoo.com/madagascar-bubo...52481.html

Search Madagascar plague if the link is an issue.

[Scythe13]

Wow, good find. That's come out of nowhere!

Oddly SARS, the virus, went from China to Toronto. So the possibility of this going world wide pretty quickly is evident.

[Tibbs735]

The corona virus is still simmering away in the middle east with a very high mortality rate, 165 cases, 71 deaths so far,

[Timelord]

It has never gone away. The 1st article below explains all. Also the other two links are useful.


http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/82...view#a0101

http://www.emedicinehealth.com/biologica...cle_em.htm

http://www.emedicinehealth.com/ticks/article_em.htm

Regards, TL.

[Oggydoggy100]

Plague comes in three types, Bubonic, Pneumonic & septicemic. The severity increasing from the former to the latter. Yersinia pestis has several reservoirs of infections, as it were, in the Far East and North America. I think one of the main threats post any major event will be the spread of disease as a Consequence of bad hygine, the lowering of immune systems through shock, poor diet etc.