I
just happen to know a fair bit about the old Bubonic Plague and pretty much all of that article is bollocks.
Bubonic plague is transmitted by rodent fleas, normally rat, so it makes a lousy (if you'll forgive the pun) biological weapon. It's also very easily treatable with a number of antibiotics.
Oh - and it kills in 4-7 days without treatment - not hours.
The danger signs of a Bubonic Plague outbreak are when you start seeing dead rats. You see, it kills them first and then their tiny passengers come seeking new hosts. Ironically, one of the worst things to do in a plague outbreak is start putting down rat poison. What you *should* be doing is putting bait down laced with antibiotics to kill the reservoir of the disease before you start to deal with the rats...
Cheers
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Legless Mister Stabby - shanks for the memory, Mon 19 Jan 2009, 9:29,
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Thanks for the comments but my article is not bollocks:
1. Britain's Ministry of Defence itself claimed the bubonic plague is a potential biological weapon. I didn't claim it.
2. The quote about killing within hours (which again aren't my words, but those of an expert) relates to the onset of death occuring within hours of the symptoms appearing. Not infection occuring.
3. I stated very clearly that it is easily treatable with antibiotics: "with proper medical care it rarely results in fatalities"
Cheers for reading it and commenting, but if you're going to call it "bollocks" you should double check my wording rather than just assuming I said something that in fact I did not.
(, Mon 19 Jan 2009, 13:37, Reply)