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   Richard Rathe @[email protected]

   2026-10-08

   @mcc

   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
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   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
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   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