China's northern region of Inner Mongolia reported two cases of bubonic plague on Saturday, following a previous infection that was detected on Aug. 7, the local government said.
Pneumonic plague absolutely could spread quite well if it didn’t kill you in two days like it does now. Thankfully it seems happy sticking to rodents. If we were really going to see an outbreak of a variant of it that spreads better, I’d expect it to come from Madagascar where plague is quite a problem. Over 200 died in an outbreak in 2017.
Wow that is pretty scary. But yeah, things like how quickly it kills are part of the equation - covid made it across oceans and around within continents by being stealthy on the journey and waiting a while before symptoms appear.
Pneumonic plague absolutely could spread quite well if it didn’t kill you in two days like it does now. Thankfully it seems happy sticking to rodents. If we were really going to see an outbreak of a variant of it that spreads better, I’d expect it to come from Madagascar where plague is quite a problem. Over 200 died in an outbreak in 2017.
Wow that is pretty scary. But yeah, things like how quickly it kills are part of the equation - covid made it across oceans and around within continents by being stealthy on the journey and waiting a while before symptoms appear.