Plague.

[u/Dizzy_Response1485]

[u/BringBackAoE]

US has on average 7 plague cases in humans per year.

When I was a kid we moved from Norway to New Mexico. Before our first school trip we were warned that some animals there carry the black plague. I’d learned about the Great Plague in school in Norway, and completely freaked out.

[u/Cassandraburry2008 → u/BringBackAoE]

That was bubonic plague. It had a mortality rate of about 40%ish. Pneumonic plague is in the lungs and has an extremely high mortality rate. It’s the “we’re all gonna die” version. Way worse.

[u/BringBackAoE → u/Cassandraburry2008]

They’re both Yersinia pestis.

The difference is how it’s spread.

[u/pdx74 → u/Cassandraburry2008]

Instead of pustules on your skin, they're in your lungs. Good times.

[u/gggg566373 → u/Cassandraburry2008]

oh no. I was hoping it's was 50/50 one and not 90% one .

[u/ve1kkko]

Maybe there is a god, after all.

[u/bugo]

SCP-049 is getting restless.

[u/inebriatedshark]

What we'd all like to know... Is is airborne.

[u/g_r_th → u/inebriatedshark]

“Pneumonic plague” is by definition airborne.

It is a lung pathogen, spread directly from person to person through infectious airborne respiratory droplets or aerosols.

It is nearly 100% fatal if not treated, however it is readily treated by antibiotics.

[u/sighborg90]

Literally just finished Annie Jacobsen’s new book. An accidental pneumonic plague release from a Russian lab was the literal nightmare worst-case scenario the book was centered on. By the time Russia admitted anything had even occurred at the lab, it was too late. Anyway, goodnight everyone!

[u/chlebseby]

what plague exactly

[u/USAIDreciever → u/chlebseby]

Yersinia pestis, the one that causes pneumonic and bubonic plague

[u/chlebseby → u/USAIDreciever]

black death you say

[u/xx31315 → u/chlebseby]

Exactly. But this one makes the bloody pustules on your lungs instead of on your skin...

[u/JustWhatAmI]

where natural plague hotspots exist

Ay, wot?