[Bernard Marx]

I knew a man who died of the plague he picked up rabbit hunting in eastern Oregon in the early 80s. The doctors didn't figure out what he had until it was too late.

I'm not a doctor but I suspect he probably had tularemia, not the plague. I know about it because my Dad nearly died from it as a result of hunting and skinning jackrabbits. It's very infectious and can be fatal if not identified quickly.

TULAREMIA

[stormer]

He initially went in the hospital with really bad flu-like symptoms. Treatment for tularemia and plague are the same, but in his case, it just came too late. If I recall, he died the day after entering the hospital. He was confirmed as a plague case (one of five that year in the US, I think).