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Attalus · 11-07-2002, 05:56 PM

Epona is quite right. Bubonic plague can only be spread by "vectors," i.e. rat fleas, except in one form, "Pneumonic Plague," (yeah, I know it rhymes) which is spread through the air by droplets. It is quite treatable with tetracyclines and the quinolones. BTW, it is not a viruus, but, as Epona again says, a bacillus, Yersenia pestis. This is by no means as bad as smallpox or Ebola virus.

11-07-2002, 05:56 PM	#9
Attalus Symbol of Bane Join Date: November 26, 2001 Location: Texas Age: 76 Posts: 8,167	Epona is quite right. Bubonic plague can only be spread by "vectors," i.e. rat fleas, except in one form, "Pneumonic Plague," (yeah, I know it rhymes) which is spread through the air by droplets. It is quite treatable with tetracyclines and the quinolones. BTW, it is not a viruus, but, as Epona again says, a bacillus, Yersenia pestis. This is by no means as bad as smallpox or Ebola virus. __________________ Even Heroes sometimes fail...