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dadarobot@lemmy.ml ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• qyron@sopuli.xyz ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Bubonic plague is still a thing.

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  • Zwiebel@feddit.org ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    In 2022, the possible origin of all modern strains of Yersinia pestis was found in DNA in human remains in three graves located in Kyrgyzstan, dated to 1338 and 1339. The first recorded occurrence of the Black Death occurred shortly thereafter during the siege of Caffa in Crimea in 1346, and was carried to Europe by boat by people attempting to escape the disease. The strain was identified as the most recent common ancestor of both strains found in historic graves and currently existing strains.

    Holy shit that’s wild

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    • Sarcasmo220@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      This is why we need Trump’s anti-immigration policies, to prevent another pandemic from entering the USA. It worked back in his first term, right?

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• InappropriateEmote@hexbear.net ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Exactly this. Not only did it essentially wipe out entire populations and even drastically alter the course of civilizations (repeatedly), it has not “disappeared.” It is still endemic in mammalian (mostly rodent+flea) populations in some areas including in the US. Every year there are people who get infected with it. I think it’s an average of like 7 people per year in the US, but as usual, countries more heavily exploited by the US and its vassals get it worse. Hundreds of cases per year in DRC for example. It’s hasn’t “disappeared,” this antivaxxer nitwit just doesn’t know about it because modern medicine has made it treatable and precluded its ability to spread as it did in previous centuries.

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  • haxboar@hexbear.net ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    www.cdc.gov/plague/maps-statistics/index.html

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