We have yet to recover from H1N1 shock and now comes the Pneumonic Plague . Still not worried ? Let me fill you in with the details :1. A third man has died of pneumonic plague in north-western China where a town of more than
10,000 people has been sealed off .
2. Medics are disinfecting the area and killing rats and insects.
3. Pneumonic plague, which attacks the lungs, can spread from person to person or from animals
to people.
4. Symptoms of pneumonic plague include fever, headache and shortness of breath.
5. According to the WHO, pneumonic plague is the most virulent and least common form of
plague.
6. It is caused by the same bacteria that occur in bubonic plague - the Black Death that killed an
estimated 25 million people in Europe during the Middle Ages.
7. Bubonic plague is usually transmitted by flea bites and can be treated with antibiotics,
pneumonic plague is easier to contract and if untreated, has a very high case-fatality ratio.
8. Pneumonic plague, affecting the lungs, can kill within 24 hours .
Enough info ? For now at least . I need to check on my immunity and shock level .
