Origin of the Black Death pandemic finally found?

[Commander Wallace]

Originally Posted by nikimcbee

Just wear a mask and watch out for Dr. Science (Fauci).


Thread hijack aside, it's common among rodents. Handle your dead chipmunks with care!

In all seriousness, I thought this was very much a thing of the past. Further, I had no idea rodents, rabbits and the like were that dangerous.

Originally Posted by Aktungbby

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

I had seen an episode of Ice Road Truckers where the one driver became sick while on the road. It was discovered his truck had had a mice infestation and the driver was treated for Hantavirus. The driver ended up in the hospital.

[Rockstar]

It is thought one of the reasons why the Indo-European Yamanya culture was so successful was because of the Black Plague. They brought it with them as they moved west towards what we now call Europe however they were, how shall we say, a more robust group of people.

[nikimcbee]

Originally Posted by Commander Wallace

In all seriousness, I thought this was very much a thing of the past. Further, I had no idea rodents, rabbits and the like were that dangerous.



I had seen an episode of Ice Road Truckers where the one driver became sick while on the road. It was discovered his truck had had a mice infestation and the driver was treated for Hantavirus. The driver ended up in the hospital.

Oh ja, it's still a thing, it's common in rodents. It's in chipmunks. I don't remember how they spread it, poop? blood? fleas?