To complete the AP’s lazy and inept reporting ... over that past 15 years an average of 7 cases the plague per year are documented in the US. The min and max for the same period are one and 17 respectively.
The reporter is afraid or not allowed to use the ‘B’ word; that being The Bubonic Plague. This still has the potential to devastate any community if enough people contract the virus at the same time.
There are known plague zones all over the country. Generally there’s signage in the area that says it’s a plague zone and if you experience any flu like symptoms within a couple of weeks of being there go to a doctor immediately and tell them you were in a plague zone. It’s very curable, if you act quickly.
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