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25 years ago, this would’ve been a Norm MacDonald joke about Gary Busey

Basically washing our hands eliminated the black plague.

You did say that.

You did not provide any evidence to back up your claims. You are not a reliable source.

This is supposition. If you have any reliable sources to back up these claims that washing one’s hands had any actual or meaningful effect on the spread of the black plague, please cite them.

I understand what “oversimplification” means. You do not seem to understand what “incorrect“ means.

Your comment was partially incorrect. I corrected you. While it was a matter of hygiene, washing hands had little to nothing to do with it. You didn’t mention anything about rats or the fleas they carried, which were the primary carrier of the bubonic plague

The Black Death (bubonic plague) that devastated Europe and Asia in the 14th century did not occur on the American continent.

However, a later, separate outbreak of the bubonic plague was introduced to the Americas around 1900, resulting in the following recorded deaths:

United States (1900-1904): The first major outbreak in San Francisco killed at least 119 to 172 people.

United States (1900–2015): A total of 1,036 human plague cases were reported in the U.S. during this period.

United States (1900-1942): Before antibiotics, there were 511 cases, of which 336 were fatal (66% mortality rate).

United States (Recent): In recent decades, an average of seven human plague cases are reported in the U.S. each year. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | CDC (.gov)

Key Facts on Plague in the Americas: Origin: The plague arrived in the US on rat-infested steamships from Asia, primarily affecting West Coast port cities.

Endemic Status: The disease established itself among wild rodents in the Western US (especially New Mexico, Arizona, California, and Colorado).

Location: While rare, modern plague cases in the Americas occur primarily in the United States and Peru. Smithsonian Magazine

Basically washing our hands eliminated the black plague.

That’s not how it was spread, not really. It was spread by fleas and other blood to blood contact if the person had the bubonic plague and, in later stages, through the air in close contact via infectious respiratory droplets if the person had the pneumonic plague.

Pam Bondi, PhD candidate

Are we sure this isn’t because of local contamination or something like that? Are we sure this is actually naturally occurring?

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Cool. I wondered if this was coming.

Wasn’t this established a long time ago?

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