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"Officials have sealed off an isolated town of 10,000 people in rural west-central China after an outbreak of pneumonic plague"

Posted by Loyola Aug 3 '09, 06:52

"Pneumonic plague, which attacks the lungs, is closely related to bubonic plague, the so-called black death that killed scores of millions worldwide in the 1300s. But while bubonic plague is commonly spread by flea bites, the deadlier pneumonic plague bacteria is spread through the air by coughing, and it kills about 6 in 10 sufferers, sometimes within a day, if it is not treated."

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/04/world/asia/04china.html?hpw (www.nytimes.com)

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- Heh. 10 Evil Beaker points cause this was my exact first thought -- nm - Evil Beaker Aug 3, 07:38
I call zombies -- nm - Epiphany Aug 3, 07:16 2
- oops, I missed this one, 10 Evil Beaker points for you too -- nm - Evil Beaker Aug 3, 08:08
- *nice* -- nm - loosilu Aug 3, 07:21

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