Origin of the Black Death pandemic finally found?

[Skybird]

It killed around half of Europe's medieval population in just 7 years.



https://edition.cnn.com/2022/06/15/h...scn/index.html

[Commander Wallace]

This was a fascinating read. With modern anti biotics and innoculations, we are able to effectively combat bacterial and viral infections. In the medieval period, they had none of these things nor even knew or understood what was killing them.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Commander Wallace

This was a fascinating read. With modern anti biotics and innoculations, we are able to effectively combat bacterial and viral infections. In the medieval period, they had none of these things nor even knew or understood what was killing them.

Precisely

[Aktungbby]

Originally Posted by Commander Wallace

This was a fascinating read. With modern anti biotics and innoculations, we are able to effectively combat bacterial and viral infections. In the medieval period, they had none of these things nor even knew or understood what was killing them.

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Precisely

except when misdiagnosed as pneumonia; as befell a Tahoe camper friend of mine who died of Bubonic plague which is active in California. A epidemic killed 119 in the early 1900's in SF's Chinatown; and the bacteria is known to be in Sierra ground squirrels and Tahoe chipmunks. A decade (or longer) ago, I recollect a hunter who skinned a bobcat that feeds on such critters also died in California from the plague.

[Jimbuna]

The joys of hunting one might say

[August]

I remember the Army warning us about ground squirrels carrying the plague while we were on field exercises at Fort Irwin. It wasn't until my second hitch that I got the plague vaccine.

[nikimcbee]

Originally Posted by Aktungbby

except when misdiagnosed as pneumonia; as befell a Tahoe camper friend of mine who died of Bubonic plague which is active in California. A epidemic killed 119 in the early 1900's in SF's Chinatown; and the bacteria is known to be in Sierra ground squirrels and Tahoe chipmunks. A decade (or longer) ago, I recollect a hunter who skinned a bobcat that feeds on such critters also died in California from the plague.

D'oh, just read this! Ditto, my Uncle.



I guess I should read stuff first, then post, then proof read, then re-post.


My Uncle was from AZ, where it happened. A Western US thing? (Plague in rodents)


Plus, everytime I triple post, a Dowly gets his ferret snacks.

[Aktungbby]

Originally Posted by nikimcbee

D'oh, just read this! Ditto, my Uncle.



I guess I should read stuff first, then post, then proof read, then re-post.


My Uncle was from AZ, where it happened. A Western US thing? (Plague in rodents)


Plus, everytime I triple post, a Dowly gets his ferret snacks.

https://www.cdc.gov/plague/maps/index.html My brother and my brother in law like to camp in the mountains where this is a concern... and then there's hantavirus where the fatality rate is 35% and 95% of the cases are in the Western United States. It is caused by the Sin Nombre virus, one of a family of viruses that is found worldwide. It can be transmitted by infected rodents through urine, droppings, or saliva.

https://gis.cdc.gov/grasp/HantaviruscaseView/index.html

[Skybird]

The magic of (uncorrupted) science!