Just take vitamin-c and ivermectin.
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this post was submitted on 12 Jul 2025
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In case people didn't know, we usually have a handful of cases of the plague every year. This isn't news.
If it's a handful then each one is at least moderately news worthy in normal times
With the new brain worm onncharge of healthcare timea that we're in, I see this as a screaming emergency news
The Bubonic plague is easily treated with a round of antibiotics. Very rarely does someone die. This person waited too long.
Judging by these comments, people clearly didn't know.
Why didn't they seek help at the onset of the illness? They wait for the miraculous cure from modern medicine. Just like that old man that died from rabies.
Pneumonic plague is a particularly aggressive form of the plague, where you basically need to be treated within the first 24 hours of showing symptoms in order to have much chance of surviving, and you can die in as little as a day and a half. Initial symptoms include fever, weakness, nausea and headaches, aka the same symptoms as probably >90% of the illnesses most of us contract, so I can see how it would be easy to underestimate the severity of it, until you start coughing up blood.
Further, while I don't know this person's circumstances, in a country where there's no guarantee of either universal healthcare or paid sick time and protections for workers who call off work when ill, I can easily see how someone might say "Eh, it's just a cold, but I'll tough it out, because I can't afford to go to the doctor and/or miss work," when they notice some of the milder and less remarkable symptoms, then wake up the next day coughing up blood and already be screwed.
There are accounts from the Black Death saying some person was fine in the morning and dead by sundown in the street after coughing up blood.
FWIW, everyone dies from rabies once they contract it.
edit: my bad, there's been ~10 survivors since 2016... out of the 59,000 infections per year, globally.
Stop playing with Prairie Dogs, people!!!! They may be friend shaped, but they carry they plague!
Worth it
This is certainly not a harbinger of any kind
Between one and two thousand cases of the plague are reported globally every year. Being in Arizona, they may have gotten it from being in contact with black-tailed prairie dogs.
Me to MAGA
"Hey MAGA, looks to me like you're on the wrong side of the riverrrrr!"
Plague is pretty easily treated with antibiotics if caught in time. The fact this dude died the same day as he went to the hospital, I’d wager he waited too long to seek medical treatment.
Sadly an all too common habit in the states
Tough call when you have to show up to work until they finally decide to send you home, and even then a single visit to the ER can easily bankrupt you. 🥲
Americans want it that way.
Oh? What's your survey pool, doc?
Only a hundred million or so cowards who continue to bend over and take it
You got a plan, oh distant, undervalued genius? Bring it on over. 🤌🏼 Most of us'd be more than happy to throw the crank on a guillotine for liberty. 🤷🏼♂️
Sounds about on brand for Americans. Before you’ll lift a finger to help yourselves you’ll get belligerent and take out your insecurity on the people who have been telling you this was going to happen for decades.
Ah, a troll, then. Gotcha. My bad. Bye, dumbass.
Cool, when they’re loading you into an unmarked van and you realize you did literally nothing to prevent it, you can comfort yourself with the fact that at least you got really defensive on the Internet.
Ah fuck didn't have that on my 2025 card
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Same here but in hindsight it seems like an obvious oversight.