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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (4 children)

WTF is "plague"? That's like saying they died from "disease".

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

If only they'd included a definition for the ignorant right in the same article:

"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."

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