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Hope this thing is much ado about nothing because this would be way worse than covid. Idk the cold has no cure; the plague is cured by antibiotics.


The lab where patient zero worked was part of the USSR’s biological weapons program where they were researching antibiotic resistant strains of plague.
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Anyone have any updates? WeeWee?


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Why haven’t the other 40% been tested?
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That's not what that says. It says the WHO is asking Russia for information about the plague death and Russia said its under control. And the word help isn't even in the paragraph. Fake news.


Good catch. I shouldn’t be reading stuff before my coffee has kicked in.
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I don’t trust Russian media but this is another sign that things are not going to plan.


Putin announces special medical operation.
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It’s grounds for suspension/revocation of license in Louisiana. Wut? Narcotics yes but pretty much all docs call in other stuff for themselves, friends and family.


I am talking about prescribing yourself any medications. You can prescribe family, friends, etc non controlled medications in an emergency but prescribing yourself anything is a big no-no.
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If the situation is under control, why aren’t they providing the WHO with information without asking?
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The only way to end this is 2 shots, from a big-pharm. of your choice, masks and mail in ballots.


Make all the quips you want but Y. pestis is nothing to joke about. Especially if it’s weaponized and we’re depending on the Russians to stop this thing.
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How that would work with a bacteria which results in significant symptoms 24-48 hrs after exposure? Weakened virulence weakens the weapon.


I am not a microbiologist but I have read that the Soviets were working on that at their anti-plague institutes.

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Bacterial weaponization is dubious unless unusual aminoglycoside/fluoroquinolone resistance is a component.


I read this book last winter during hunting season (yes I am that big of a nerd) and IIRC the authors claimed that the Soviets achieved some level of antibiotic resistance. Guess where the where some of that research on the Plague was done? The place where patient zero worked.
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If you’re an MD why are you paying a premium to have someone prescribe you meds instead of just doing it yourself? It’s generally considered poor practice for MDs to prescribe their own meds to themselves mainly


It’s grounds for suspension/revocation of license in Louisiana.
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Pneumonic plague is treatable. She knew she was exposed. This should have been a non issue, but she was allowed to go to a public hospital?


Not only that but she was not given any prophylactic antibiotics. Something doesn’t add up. It’s either a major screw up or a cover up. Either way it negatively affects my confidence that the Russians can contain this thing. However I would love to be made to look like a fool.
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A drunken woman allegedly rubbed passengers the wrong way when she took off her pants and began masturbating on a flight from Baltimore to Miami last month.

Katy Inzer, 46, committed the lewd act shortly after takeoff on an American Airlines evening flight on September 11, according to an incident report filed by the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office.

A fellow passenger had complained to a flight attendant that Inzer had “remove(d) her pants and began to actively masturbate while making inappropriate sounds,” the report said.

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What is happening to America if you can’t finger yourself in public anymore?

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The epidemiology between this and CV19 are significantly different. Unlike CV19, pneumonic plague does not have a substantial pre-symptomatic infectious period. By the time you're contagious, you are already feeling ill.


The lab that patient zero was part of the Soviet Union’s bioweapons program. If this thing is weaponized then this version is likely contagious during the incubation period.
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what level panic should we be at right now?


2/10. No need for panic but government and health officials should be following the story.
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Just lock the whole region down for a week. Don't let them out.


Putin cannot afford the negative publicity of that.
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not masking or vaxxing or anything. Bring it on.


They stopped manufacturing the vaccine in the 90s.
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Shite! Still not a reason to panic but it is a sign that things are not going to plan in Russia.
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Not worried about bacteria infection we know how to treat.


1. It rapidly progresses from asymptomatic to multiple organ failure if antibiotics are not started on time. The tendency of Americans to try and ride out a cold would get a lot people killed if this incident becomes a pandemic.

2. The antibiotics that you speak of are mostly made in China and India who would quickly shutdown exports if this incident turns into a pandemic.

3. We all better pray that the Russians are competent enough to contain this and it blows over. Unfortunately I don’t have much faith in the Russians.
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Not a reason to panic but also not a reassuring sign because they are might be privy to information that the public doesn’t have.