(Stillness in the Storm Editor) From the producers of COVID-19 fearmongering (mainstream media) comes the latest health scare, bubonic plague!
To be fair, most mainstream news articles are correctly stating that the CDC does not view this as a major issue. You can easily treat the bacteria causing the so-called black death with antibiotics.
2011 NBC News article: People still get the disease, usually from fleas from rodents or other animals, but not that often. There are around 2,000 cases a year in the world, mostly in rural areas, with a handful of them popping up in remote parts of the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Earlier this year, two people in New Mexico were diagnosed with plague. In 1992, a Colorado veterinarian died from a more recent strain, one that scientists used heavily in their study.
In short, there’s nothing really to worry about. And since there isn’t, one wonders why the media would give this story any major coverage.
I suggest it’s because pushing fear is part and parcel for the forces that want to maintain the idea that nature is an enemy of humanity, in a general sense. And more specifically, that amid COVID-19, they want to keep the justification for the economic lockdown high for political reasons.
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Needless to say, I personally wouldn’t buy into it.
– Justin
by Jessica Mason, July 14th, 2020
It’s completely understandable in the year 2020 to feel like the entire world is out to kill you. The U.S. has been laid low by a pandemic and everything else is equally, well, horrible. So it’s maybe unsurprising that the on top of everything, news outlets all over a fretting about the potential return of a different pandemic: the plague.
Yes, if social media panic and misleading headlines are to be believed, the Bubonic Plague aka the literal BLACK DEATH is back to show this silly coronavirus how a real pandemic does things. The disease, which along with its friends killed about half the population of Europe, was confirmed in China last week and this now a squirrel in Colorado has it!? What is happening?
In short: nothing.
While the Bubonic Plague sounds very scary (and it certainly was for centuries), it’s far more treatable now that we have these cool things called antibiotics, and it’s also way more common than you might think. Now, I’ll be fair, knowing that bubonic plague may be way closer than you thought might not make you feel better about your chances in 2020, but we believe in keeping you informed.
Bubonic plague is caused by the bacteria Yersinia pestis (one of three different strains that caused that whole Black Death pandemic). As you probably know, it’s carried by rodents, like rats. Humans (and cats) can get the disease by either eating those animals or via fleas jumping from an infected animal and biting them.
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In the middle ages, it was rats that were the vector, but here in the US, bubonic plague mainly carried by squirrels. The squirrel in Colorado is just one of many squirrels all over the country that carry the plague. That’s why Colorado was testing the furry little monsters in the first place because plague squirrels are relatively common. A campground in California was closed down in 2013 after a plague squirrel was discovered. As for China, that case reported there has been linked to the patient easting the meat of an infected marmot (another type of rodent).
Because we know how the plague is transmitted, it’s extremely easy to not get it. I probably don’t need to tell you not to eat your local squirrels, but also don’t feed or pet them, don’t let them close to your food, and most importantly, keep them away from your cats. As mentioned, cats can contract plague if they kill or tangle with an infected animal, so keep an extra close eye on your kitty if you’re in an area where rodents have been known to carry this disease.
Bubonic Plague cases are actually more common than you might think, but still, only a few thousand cases are reported globally each year, and here in the US, there are about seven per year on average. And the good news is that if it’s caught early, the plague is treatable and survivable.
So, please. Don’t read the headlines about another scary virus and jump to any conclusion fueled by xenophobia or anxiety. There are plenty of OTHER terrible things waiting out there in the world to ruin this already terrible year, but the plague isn’t one.
(via: ABC News, image: Pexels)
Stillness in the Storm Editor: Why did we post this?
The news is important to all people because it is where we come to know new things about the world, which leads to the development of more life goals that lead to life wisdom. The news also serves as a social connection tool, as we tend to relate to those who know about and believe the things we do. With the power of an open truth-seeking mind in hand, the individual can grow wise and the collective can prosper.
– Justin
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