Warhippy Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/chinese-lock-down-city-30000-after-man-dies-bubonic-plague As a precautionary measure after a man died of bubonic plague last week, a small city in China is in lockdown and 151 individuals have been placed in quarantine, the Guardian reports. According to China Central Television (CCTV), the 38-year-old man died from the disease last Wednesday which was likely the result of contact with a dead marmot, a large ground squirrel usually found in mountainous areas. In an attempt to prevent further cases, CCTV said that the 30,000 residents of Yumen, located in the north-western province of Gansu, are not allowed to leave and police have set up roadblocks around the city in order to prevent motorists from entering. Furthermore, four quarantine sectors have been set up in the city for individuals that have been in contact with the man that died, but so far no other cases have been reported. “The city has enough rice, flour and oil to supply all its residents for up to one month,” CCTV said. “Local residents and those in quarantine are all in stable condition.” Plague, one of the oldest identifiable diseases known to man, is infamous and has certainly left its mark on history. The disease is caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis that infects numerous different animals such as rats, squirrels and prairie dogs. The bacteria maintain their existence in a cycle involving both these animals and their fleas. Y. pestis can be transmitted to humans in three ways: flea bites, contact with infected fluids or infectious droplets coughed up by an individual with the disease. There are various different clinical forms of plague, but the most common are bubonic, septicemic and pneumonic. There have actually been three major plague pandemics recorded in history. The first documented plague, the “Justinian Plague,” began in 541 AD and continued for around 200 years, eventually killing over 100 million people. The most famous is the “Black Death” that occurred in the 14th Century, wiping out 60% of the European population. The last pandemic to occur began in China in the 1860s and killed around 10 million people. Plague remains endemic in many areas of the world; it’s widely distributed in the tropics and subtropics and is commonly found in sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar. It also still occurs in the US; between 1900 and 2010, 999 confirmed cases were recorded here. It’s highly contagious and serious if medical help is not given, but commonly available antibiotics can effectively treat the disease. Read more at http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/chinese-lock-down-city-30000-after-man-dies-bubonic-plague#km6VzSUugsMkRy7E.99 ===================================================================== Further backed up and verified by http://time.com/3020886/bubonic-plague-death-triggers-quarantine-of-chinese-city/ http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/22/us-china-disease-idUSKBN0FR1CY20140722 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2701641/Parts-Chinese-city-quarantined-resident-dies-BUBONIC-PLAGUE-bitten-rodent.html Now isn't that something else. Plague and malaise throughout time are fairly common. But we truly do live in a time where quite honestly there is no safe quarantine as theorized by some in regards to our level of connectivity in the modern world. All of this as Ebola rages in Sierra Leone and surrounding provinces in the area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BanTSN Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 What ever happened to the don't touch a dead marmot rule? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VICanucksfan5551 Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Apparently plague is a lot more common than I'd thought in recent years. I found this paper that I'm reading through now http://cid.oxfordjournals.org/content/49/5/736.full For the decade 1994–2003, the World Health Organization reports that the number of confirmed and suspected human cases of plague in all countries was 28,530, with 2015 deaths, for a case-fatality rate of 7.1% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derp... Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Well I hope everyone in that city is okay or gets treatment. Not a fun place to be right now I'm sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shink Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Ewwwwwwww Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tangelos Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Meh it's the 21st century pop a couple pills or get a vaccine, you'll be fine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilduce39 Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VICanucksfan5551 Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Meh it's the 21st century pop a couple pills or get a vaccine, you'll be fine It can be contained pretty easily now in developed countries, but if you catch it you're still risking serious health complications or death even with antibiotic treatment. You wouldn't want to end up like this guy (somewhat graphic pic): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiginJapan Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Plague that lasted 200 years! Holy Moses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Roach Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 I watched the trailer for this before, was the show called "The Dome"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Offensive Threat Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Bring out your dead! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BabychStache Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 This is exactly how world war z (the book) started. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KassianBeastMode Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 well they are also saying that bacteria is mutating to the point where antibiotics will not work. I recently read an article, wish I could find it about bacteria in our drinking water from water treatment facilities not killing bacteria's that have mutated into plagues... This is by no means a small issue....I suspect in many of our lifetimes something signficant like this will happen given all the damage we are doing to ourselves and the environment... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOMapleLaughs Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 I watched the trailer for this before, was the show called "The Dome"? I dunno about the show, but the book sure as hell had nothing to do with bubonic plague. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warhippy Posted July 24, 2014 Author Share Posted July 24, 2014 Apparently plague is a lot more common than I'd thought in recent years. I found this paper that I'm reading through now http://cid.oxfordjournals.org/content/49/5/736.full i was reading through reports, apparently even recently in the US. Rather shocking honestly when you think about it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire_Spiky Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 When I first heard about the quarantine it made sense to me. Isolate the source of the disease and make sure everyone is cleared before it spreads. However from the reports linked above it seems the plague is more common then I thought and the whole quarantining of an entire city seems almost like overkill in China. How come we haven't heard of any of these other places quarantining entire cities because one idiot played with a dead rodent and got sick? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Ambien Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Said on the radio the quarantine was lifted like an hour or so ago. Not really that serious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
butters Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 I suspect in many of our lifetimes something signficant like this will happen given all the damage we are doing to ourselves and the environment...How? The pollution become a self aware biochemist? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugor Hill Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 How? The pollution become a self aware biochemist? GAIA theory is real!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gross-Misconduct Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Bubonic Plague Sounds like an awesome band name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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