Did you hear there is a teenager in Oregon with Bubonic Plague? http://news.yahoo.com/teenage-girl-oregon-hospitalized-bubonic-plague-055328058.html I thought this disease was wiped out? This is scary....they think she got it from a flea bite. [~138758:COL Mikel Burroughs] [~563704:LTC Stephen Ford] [~541687:TSgt Hunter Logan] [~658680:CPT M Cannonie] [~720311:LTC Frank Di Muccio] [~596449:Sgt Richard Buckner] [~520566:SGT Keith Bodine] [~106303:SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL] [~201593:MSgt Curtis Ellis] [~753607:Sgt Tom Cunnally] [~378759:SrA Christopher Wright] [~628831:SSgt Alex Robinson] [~121202:Cpl Kirk Sain] [~125031:Capt Christopher Mueller] [~668456:Capt Seid Waddell] [~78668:CPT Jack Durish] [~749005:SMSgt Jeff Cumming]

Posted on Oct 30, 2015

Did you hear there is a teenager in Oregon with Bubonic Plague?

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http://news.yahoo.com/teenage-girl-oregon-hospitalized-bubonic-plague-055328058.html

I thought this disease was wiped out?

This is scary....they think she got it from a flea bite.

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SSgt Alex Robinson

Posted 9 y ago

Scary stuff for sure

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1stSgt (Join to see)

Posted 9 y ago

This is why we still get inoculated for the plague.

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MSgt Curtis Ellis

Posted 9 y ago

Yep... It's still alive and well, just not in great numbers... I was surprised a bit to hear of it in Oregon

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Sgt Kelli Mays

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MSgt Curtis Ellis I don't know why I thought this was eradicated.

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MSgt Curtis Ellis

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Sgt Kelli Mays - It's easy to get a few of them confused. I do it a few times! :)

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PO3 Steven Sherrill

Posted 9 y ago

Sgt Kelli Mays What the Hel? what is this the damned middle ages? Are they treating it with leaches and blood letting, that would really make it a twilight zone episode.

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Sgt Kelli Mays

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PO3 Steven Sherrill I guess these things keep going around....

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Did you hear there is a teenager in Oregon with Bubonic Plague?

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