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[–] dadarobot@lemmy.ml 18 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Uhhh penecilin? Also i think its still around, its just easilly treatable

[–] InappropriateEmote@hexbear.net 11 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Exactly this. Not only did it essentially wipe out entire populations and even drastically alter the course of civilizations (repeatedly), it has not "disappeared." It is still endemic in mammalian (mostly rodent+flea) populations in some areas including in the US. Every year there are people who get infected with it. I think it's an average of like 7 people per year in the US, but as usual, countries more heavily exploited by the US and its vassals get it worse. Hundreds of cases per year in DRC for example. It's hasn't "disappeared," this antivaxxer nitwit just doesn't know about it because modern medicine has made it treatable and precluded its ability to spread as it did in previous centuries.

[–] qyron@sopuli.xyz 11 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Bubonic plague is still a thing.

[–] Zwiebel@feddit.org 3 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (1 children)

In 2022, the possible origin of all modern strains of Yersinia pestis was found in DNA in human remains in three graves located in Kyrgyzstan, dated to 1338 and 1339. The first recorded occurrence of the Black Death occurred shortly thereafter during the siege of Caffa in Crimea in 1346, and was carried to Europe by boat by people attempting to escape the disease. The strain was identified as the most recent common ancestor of both strains found in historic graves and currently existing strains.

Holy shit that's wild

The Black Death’s first recorded emergence was in Crimea in 1346, when an army laying siege to the city of Caffa, now known as Feodosia, catapulted disease-ridden corpses over the walls. Those fleeing the resulting outbreak of plague by boat took the disease to Europe.

Honest mistake

[–] Sarcasmo220@lemmy.ml 2 points 18 hours ago

This is why we need Trump's anti-immigration policies, to prevent another pandemic from entering the USA. It worked back in his first term, right?