BLACK DEATH (BUBONIC PLAGUE) FOUND IN CHINA, WHAT IT MEANS TO THE WORLD

An outbreak of Black death (Bubonic plague)  has just been found in China. And this sounds really bad because if it spreads further, it is much worse than COVID-19, 

In comparison, COVID-19 so far has killed 0.006% of the population, while in the past, it is estimated that Black death (Bubonic plague)  could have killed 60% of Europe. And its the most fatal pandemic in the human history. Its symptoms are more scary than that of COVID-19 

SYMPTOMS

Sudden onset of fever and chills

Headache

Fatigue or malaise

Muscle aches 

Huge apple sized black spots

Mouth bleeding 

And many more things no human should ever experience. 

There is a good news and there is a bad news

The bad news is that Marmot together with some other rodents can carry a plague, and a person who fell sick to the bubonic plague. A herdsman from China who ate its meat. Marmots have historically been linked to outbreak of plagues in this region. 

After COVID-19, China is really testing everyone's patience here, although in their defence local authorities have said not to hunt marmot, and its more of a choice of the locals, who see Marmots as a delicacy

A delicacy carrying a disease that in the past killed 200 million people. 

The media makes it sound as if Bubonic plague was just discovered for first time. But this is not the first discovery. Truth is between 1000-2000 people get this plague every year. 

Another very important knowledge that will calm the world down is that Bubonic plague can be treated with ANTIBIOTICS. The truth is that it killed such an incredible amount of people because it happened in the medieval times (14th Century)  1346-1353 when antibiotics didn't exist. 

Today the possibility of this becoming an outbreak is incredibly small, yet we still cannot underestimate it. 

Here’s how the plague spreads

The bubonic plague is a serious infection of the lymphatic system, which is caused by bacteria called Yersinia pestis (Y. pestis).

Y. pestis spreads via infected fleas or animals, like rodents, squirrels, or hares, which can be passed to humans who are bitten or scratched.

If the disease isn’t treated immediately, the bacteria can spread in the bloodstream and cause sepsis, or septicemic plague, Kappagoda explained.

If the bacteria infects the lungs, it can cause pneumonia or pneumonic plague.

Without treatment, the bubonic plague can cause death in up to 60 percent of people who get it, according to the World Health Organization (WHO)Trusted Source.

But as long as you don’t touch an animal that has the plague bacteria, your chances of getting it are incredibly low.

The plague is extremely rare. Only a couple thousand casesTrusted Source are reported worldwide each year, most of which are in Africa, India, and Peru.

The United States only sees about 7 cases a yearTrusted Source, and they’re typically reported in Southwestern states, including Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas, where wild rodents carry the bacteria.

“There is transmission of plague among wild rodents only in certain areas of the U.S., and these areas are generally very sparsely populated so there is not much opportunity for humans to come into contact with fleas or animals carrying the plague,” Kappagoda said.

Another reason the plague is so rare is that the bacteria doesn’t survive well in sunlight.

“Y. pestis is easily killed by sunlight. If the bacteria is released into air it can survive for up to1 hour depending on the environmental conditions,” Dr. Robert Glatter, an emergency physician at Lenox Hill Hospital, said.

Additionally, bubonic and septicemic plagues can’t be passed from person to person, Glatter added.

And although human-to-human transmission can happen with pneumonic plague when someone spreads cough droplets into the air, it’s very rare.

“Person-to-person transmission is less likely since it requires close and direct contact with a person with pneumonic plague,” Glatter said