Health Officials Confirm Human Case of Plague in Colorado
Health officials are investigating a human case of the plague in a resident who contracted the infectious disease caused by the bacteria Yersinia pestis.

Health officials in Colorado are investigating a human case of the plague in a resident who contracted the infectious disease caused by the bacteria Yersinia pestis.

The Pueblo Department of Public Health and Environment (PDPHE) confirmed the case in a statement on July 5, saying it is working with the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment to investigate the case.
The public health agency did not disclose details about the individual who contracted the plague—a potentially deadly disease known as the “Black Death” in the Middle Ages.

How the individual became infected, or which specific form of plague the case was, is also unclear.

NTD has contacted the PDPHE via email for further comment but did not hear back before publication.

“We advise all individuals to protect themselves and their pets from plague,” Alicia Solis, program manager of the Office of Communicable Disease and Emergency Preparedness at PDPHE, said in the statement.

“If you develop symptoms of plague, see a health care provider immediately. Plague can be treated successfully with antibiotics, but an infected person must be treated promptly to avoid serious complications or death,” Ms. Solis added.

The case comes 10 months after a resident in Archuleta County in southwest Colorado died of plague in September.

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"If you develop symptoms of plague, see a health care provider immediately..."

Uhhh... ok. I guess there's plenty of youtube videos to figure it out, good lord government messaging.

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Originally posted by wrightd:
Uhhh... ok. I guess there's plenty of youtube videos to figure it out, good lord government messaging.

My immediate thought.
I know what usually ultimately happens in the course of the disease, but by that time it may be a little late to keep from dying of it. Initially though? Without looking it up, I suspect the first symptoms are like many other diseases’: “I don’t feel good. I wonder if I have the bubonic plague?”

Okay, I did look it up: “fever, chills, fatigue, or malaise; diarrhea, nausea, or vomiting.” Narrows it right down.

That's not a real gun.

No, but he has other ways to hurt you.

Let in third world trash, get third world diseases.

There are usually 5-7 cases of plague per year in the US.
Nothing out of the ordinary.

Let me guess. Pfizer has a shiny new vaccine ready to save the day.

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Originally posted by parabellum:
Let in third world trash, get third world diseases.

Winner!
THAT was the message in the post, nothing more!

Probably 10 years ago we were in Colorado/New Mexico, at a park near 4 corners and the park campground was closed due to the Plague. Some dead rodents had tested positive.

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Originally posted by WaterburyBob:
There are usually 5-7 cases of plague per year in the US.
Nothing out of the ordinary.

Yep. Plague remains active in wild rodent populations within the Southwest US, where it circulates among rats, prairie dogs, marmots, squirrels, and chipmunks.

From there, just like with the Black Death, flea bites can spread it from rodents to humans.

Apparently, between 1970 and 2020 there were ~500 human cases reported in the US, primarily in New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, California, and Nevada.

There were a few cases of the Plague a few years ago out that way.

Take a look at this-

https://www.humanesociety.org/...-%20Final%20Copy.pdf

Yet, another reason to buy a decent rodent gun

in 2001 I recall that some CO parks had signs about the prairie dogs being carriers for plague.

Way back I told some tourists to not lay in the prairie dog area to "play" with them. I mentioned plague and they looked at me like I was nuts.

Oh NOOOO’s! The bubonic plague??? This isn’t the Middle Ages. We can easily cure the plague now. And yes, plague has been present in western rodent populations for decades. Somehow, we don’t have scores of dead and the world hasn’t ended. That won’t stop the leftists from trying to make people believe we are all doomed without their loving guidance.

It’s sensationalist horse shit.

Good fucking grief. The plague is always around the rodent population in the mountains. It rarely infects a person. One of the first things I learned as a kid running around in the woods was to not play with dead squirrels or chipmunks or whatever. The forest service posts something spring/summer whenever the plague pops up and the freak out begins because the uninformed think the Black Death is imminent.

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Originally posted by RogueJSK:
Plague remains active in wild rodent populations within the Southwest US, where it circulates among rats, prairie dogs, marmots, squirrels, and chipmunks.

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Originally posted by CPD SIG:
Yet, another reason to buy a decent rodent gun Wink

Yes, and yes.
Bolt action, lever action, or semi-auto -- pick your favorites. Choose a caliber or three. Find a pasture, meadow, or hillside. Saves on setting up AR500 steel plates for targets.

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Originally posted by fritz:

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Originally posted by RogueJSK:
Plague remains active in wild rodent populations within the Southwest US, where it circulates among rats, prairie dogs, marmots, squirrels, and chipmunks.

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Originally posted by CPD SIG:
Yet, another reason to buy a decent rodent gun Wink

Yes, and yes.
Bolt action, lever action, or semi-auto -- pick your favorites. Choose a caliber or three. Find a pasture, meadow, or hillside. Saves on setting up AR500 steel plates for targets.

FWIW, typically Sylvatic plague, and I’ve never quite understood the distinction, because it’s the same genus and species as Bubonic. I guess if it remains confined to prairie dogs it’s sylvatic.