I've had a lot of very positive feedback about my article about global warming and the risk of Plague.
One person said that he didn't want to think about something scary like that. Which reminded me a bit of our new kitten, who has still not worked out that if she can't see you, then maybe you can still see her. She hides her head in a large stand of Pampas grass and assumes that she's now invisible....
As the conversation with Mr. Head-In-the-Sand continued, I had a sudden flashback to the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, in which the "Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal" was described as "so mind-bogglingly stupid that it assumes that if you can't see it, then it can't see you."
I just received this report from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in Atlanta.
As you will see, there have been very few cases of Plague in the United States and the CDC keeps a close watch for us. The article also lists some of the key clinical featres of the illness.
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