Northern Arizona Resident Dies From Plague (cnn.com)
- Reference: 0178363234
- News link: https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/07/12/1834224/northern-arizona-resident-dies-from-plague
- Source link: https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/12/health/plague-death-arizona
And yet "A resident of northern Arizona has died from [2]pneumonic plague , health officials said Friday."
> Plague is rare to humans, with on average about seven cases reported annually in the U.S., most of them in the western states, according to federal health officials. The death in Coconino County, which includes Flagstaff, was the first recorded death from pneumonic plague since 2007, local officials said... The bubonic plague is the most common form of the bacterial infection, which spreads naturally among rodents like prairie dogs and rats. There are two other forms: septicemic plague that spreads through the whole body, and pneumonic plague that infects the lungs. Pneumonic plague is the most deadly and easiest to spread.
[1] https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/12/health/plague-death-arizona
[2] https://apnews.com/article/plague-bubonic-colorado-humans-treatment-vaccine-e9370e8e98ee01e8785daf27bc5e5234
Dum (Score:2)
Now people are going to start saying that the bubonic plague vaccine doesn't work.
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Hey, we're just "Making America Great Again" one 18th century disease at a time.
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I'm not a fan of Trump, but this - a person or two dying of plague in the American Southwest - happens every few years. It's nothing new.
Also vaccines are irrelevant since this is a bacterium.
Re: Dum (Score:2)
Thank you captain pedantic.
Wikpedia for your connvenience (Score:4, Informative)
> During 1995, plague was confirmed in the United States from nine western states.[70] Currently, five to 15 people in the United States are estimated to catch the disease each year — typically in western states. The reservoir is thought to be mice.[71][72] In the U.S., about half of all fatal cases of plague since 1970 have occurred in New Mexico. There were two plague deaths in the state in 2006, the first fatalities in 12 years.[73] In New Mexico, four people were diagnosed with the plague in 2015; one died. In 2016, four were diagnosed and all were treated with success. Three others were diagnosed by late June in 2017. Vegetation such as pinyon and juniper trees are thought to support rodents such as the prairie dog and rock squirrel, with their fleas, according to Paul Ettestad of the New Mexico public health department.[74] As well, pets can bring back fleas from dead rodents, he said. The CDC indicates that over the past century, plague in the U.S. has been most common in the areas of northern New Mexico, northwestern Arizona and southern Colorado.[75] [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... [wikipedia.org]
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_plague#Modern_cases
Good news bad news time (Score:2, Insightful)
So the good news is it is not that uncommon for the plague to be found. So we don't have to panic immediately..
The bad news is that Robert f Kennedy Jr and Christi Noem are going to be in charge of any sort of containment response, so actually we do need to panic immediately.
In order to get the Yes Man Trump wanted and that the heritage foundation wanted they had to put completely incompetent buffoons in charge of literally everything that protects you.
For some of us that just means we're on our
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> The bad news is that Robert f Kennedy Jr and Christi Noem are going to be in charge of any sort of containment response,
The proper containment response appears to be: administer antibiotics when a case is found. Since there is no vaccine and prophylactic treatment with antibiotics is an absolute no-no (breeds resistant strains of bacteria).
In other words, the proper response is to do nothing different. Having hissy fits about Kennedy and Noem is also counter-indicated.
Re: Good news bad news time (Score:2, Funny)
Please post your medical degree. Also, post RFK Jrs while you are at it.
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RFK Jr stated in front of Congress that people shouldn't take medical advice from him. I think that was really excellent advice.
Of course, taken to its logical conclusion, it means he admits to having no business being in charge of HHS...
Re: Good news bad news time (Score:2)
There is a vaccine for the bubonic plague, but in modern times it's generally only given to researchers who are studying the disease.
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There used to be a plague vaccine, but apparently not anymore.
I'm not sure if it worked on the pneumonic version. That hits so fast your immune system doesn't really have time to ramp up.
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Everyone knows the best response to an epidemic is to move your family onto your yacht - no doubt the doctors will be prescribing this.
Is this India? (Score:2)
This sounds an awful lot like something [1]you'd find in India [youtube.com].
Side note, someone I used to work with mentioned she was retiring to Arizona. I told her, "Ahh. Hantavirus". She didn't know what that meant so I explained.
So not only can you die from an infection transmitted by fleas, you can die from the plague if you live in Arizona. Sounds like a great place.
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sUMtHcUMWo
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You're more likely to die in the car ride to Arizona.
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Of plague?
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You can die from Lyme Disease in Rhode Island. You can die from malaria in Florida.
You can rust to death in Washington and Oregon.
End-Times Near! (Score:1)
Locusts, Plague, Orange-Anti-Christ
Re: End-Times Near! (Score:2)
Ill save the sock puppets here some time....Wrong! Joe Biden and the illegals obviously brought the plague.
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> Comments like yours? A Trumper? If the above person is one, whatever that is, what are you going to do? Are you going to hunt them down? Are you going to punch them? Are you trying to get a mob after that person? ...
No, I think I'm going to wear all white and grab some tiki-torches. No, too obvious. I think I'll wear an american flag and invade the US capital? Wait, that already happened? I think I'll call them antisemitic and take away their funding.
Yea, that's what I'll do!
Re: End-Times Near! (Score:1)
I'm sorry. I've seen no locusts locally yet. Please point them out as I'm going fishing tomorrow and locusts are better bait than worms. Cheaper as well.