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2026-10-08

Not sure. Your info source may be better than mine (BBC Podcast I think?).

I was just calling attention to the fact that the #Black_Death comes in more than one form... and for a lab accident "pneumonic" implies a failure of basic respiratory precautions (ie, wearing a #mask, ventilation, etc.).

As far as I know... correctly diagnosed #Plague is treatable with antibiotics. Therefor, if that person died of Plague then it is also a failure of whatever healthcare system was treating them.

There are small outbreaks of Plague in the SW #USA periodically because it is endemic in the local rodent/flea populations.

#black_death #mask #plague #usa

Richard Rathe @[email protected]

2026-10-07

@mcc

I agree... and would point out that this was reported as "#pneumonic_plague" (lung infection) not "bubonic" (lymph node infection).

In a nutshell this means the victim likely breathed in the #plague #spores rather than being injected (bitten) with the #bacteria.

An #N95 #mask could have / should have prevented this. So simple precautions failed or were not followed.

It also makes me think of "#weaponization" (making spores more infective via the air). See all the press about the #Anthrax attack in DC several years ago for more on this.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plague_(disease)

#plague #spores #bacteria #n95 #mask #anthrax

Richard Rathe @[email protected]

2026-10-06

@ProPublica

"We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this #Trump admin..."

And we (the #US #Government) owe each one of them $1M and an official #apology. There are ample funds in the #ICE budget. 🤑

#ICEout #ImmigrationEnforcement

#trump #us #government #apology #ice #iceout