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Originally Posted by GenuineRisk
Wow; that was a really cool read. Thanks for posting it!
It's interesting that the plague still exists today, though it's generally not quite as deadly, while the sweating sickness completely burned itself out. I don't think they're 100 percent sure today what it was. Maybe a form of hantavirus, but no one knows for certain.
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what's really sad....signs everywhere when we went on our trip, warning 'stay away from prairie dogs' because of the potential for getting plague, or bitten, rabies, whatever...take your pick. I mean, no biggie, just rodents who live in the ground, and never mind the snakes that will go into their burrows to get them-or bite you instead.
but they're so cute, and people ignore the warnings.
yep, fat lot of good a well developed brain is, eh?