Comment by mplewis9z
2 days ago
You do know that both pneumonic and bubonic are caused by the same bacterium, right? They’re just different transmission methods.
2 days ago
You do know that both pneumonic and bubonic are caused by the same bacterium, right? They’re just different transmission methods.
Indeed. I wrongly assumed it would be bubonic as it seems to be the most common form (and because it qualifies a bit the term "plague" which can be perceived as generic, I think).
Yes, many types of bacteria can cause ‘a plague’, but at least in the western world, only one was ‘The Plague’.
Probably anyway, there is some debate on that. But it’s pretty likely.
You left one variant off, apparently:
"Plague occurs in three forms, bubonic, septicemic and pneumonic, depending on whether the infection hits the lymph nodes, bloodstream or lungs. Most US cases are bubonic, typically spread via flea bites from infected rodents. "
Given the discussion of the prairie dog die off, it's more interesting than it was mnemonic and not move on it for me fleas
Many years ago, I knew a family who named the three squirrels who regularly visited their back yard "Bubonic", "Pneumonic", and "Septicemic". The squirrels did not respond to these names, but the family sure did find it amusing to use them.
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What a wonderful typo. Death by infected memories.
This is a solid short story prompt.
Cue the Fall Out Boy track...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onzL0EM1pKY
You might enjoy the movie Pontypool. I describe it as a zombie movie about linguistics.
I genuinely don't understand why this comment is downvoted.