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California Resident Tests Positive for Plague. What to Know About the Disease

7 points by mdp2021 1y ago

dlcarrier 1y ago
That's a pretty common occurrence, especially in the mountains.
- mdp2021 1y ago
  > pretty common The interpretation of "common" will vary: > [In recent decades, a]n average of seven human plague cases are reported each year in the United States > The last urban plague epidemic in the United States occurred in Los Angeles from 1924 through 1925 https://www.cdc.gov/plague/maps-statistics/index.html https://www.cdc.gov/plague/maps-statistics/index.html
  - mdp2021 1y ago
    (And I really would like to understand the reason under the following expression: > though 50% of cases occur in people ages 12–45 ...that's already near half of the USA population.)
  - dlcarrier 1y ago
    It's pretty common for it to have happened to someone, in a given year. It's so unlikely to happen to any given individual, that it's not worth worrying about.
    - mdp2021 1y ago
      It is important to know that some places still have endemic infection in rodents. For example, in a world were some people (even those of a medical background, looking at data) die of rabies because "oh look a wild animal approaching with a sad face, he wants a little cuddle" ("it's sick, madam").
reify 1y ago
Plague Wasnt he the hacker in the The Millennium Trilogy by Stieg Larsson The girl with the dragon tattoo, The girl who played with fire and The girl who kicked the hornets nest. Bubonic plague however is the most common form of plague worldwide. According to the WHO, between 2010 and 2015 there were 3,248 cases out of the worlds population of 8.2 billion, of which 584 people died. so we can safely say we are safe I love the word Plague, I keep saying it in my head. Dont get bitten by a rat
- mdp2021 1y ago
  > According to the WHO, between 2010 and 2015 there were 3,248 cases out of the worlds population of 8.2 billion, of which 584 people died. so we can safely say we are safe If you imagined a counterfactual reality in which the plague had disappeared (it has not), in which death would the problem (that's subjective), in which the one in a million events would be literally negligible (they are not), then you would for some reason conclude that irrational label of "safety". > Dont get bitten by a rat That's not how it works. Edit: > I keep saying it in my head Pretty please.

7 points by mdp2021 1y ago

dlcarrier 1y ago

That's a pretty common occurrence, especially in the mountains.

mdp2021 1y ago
> pretty common The interpretation of "common" will vary: > [In recent decades, a]n average of seven human plague cases are reported each year in the United States > The last urban plague epidemic in the United States occurred in Los Angeles from 1924 through 1925 https://www.cdc.gov/plague/maps-statistics/index.html https://www.cdc.gov/plague/maps-statistics/index.html
- mdp2021 1y ago
  (And I really would like to understand the reason under the following expression: > though 50% of cases occur in people ages 12–45 ...that's already near half of the USA population.)
- dlcarrier 1y ago
  It's pretty common for it to have happened to someone, in a given year. It's so unlikely to happen to any given individual, that it's not worth worrying about.
  - mdp2021 1y ago
    It is important to know that some places still have endemic infection in rodents. For example, in a world were some people (even those of a medical background, looking at data) die of rabies because "oh look a wild animal approaching with a sad face, he wants a little cuddle" ("it's sick, madam").

reify 1y ago

Plague Wasnt he the hacker in the The Millennium Trilogy by Stieg Larsson The girl with the dragon tattoo, The girl who played with fire and The girl who kicked the hornets nest. Bubonic plague however is the most common form of plague worldwide. According to the WHO, between 2010 and 2015 there were 3,248 cases out of the worlds population of 8.2 billion, of which 584 people died. so we can safely say we are safe I love the word Plague, I keep saying it in my head. Dont get bitten by a rat

mdp2021 1y ago
> According to the WHO, between 2010 and 2015 there were 3,248 cases out of the worlds population of 8.2 billion, of which 584 people died. so we can safely say we are safe If you imagined a counterfactual reality in which the plague had disappeared (it has not), in which death would the problem (that's subjective), in which the one in a million events would be literally negligible (they are not), then you would for some reason conclude that irrational label of "safety". > Dont get bitten by a rat That's not how it works. Edit: > I keep saying it in my head Pretty please.