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Black Death Discovered In Oregon

Posted by timothy on from the oregon-the-euthanasia-state dept.

redletterdave writes "The Black Death, a strain of bubonic plague that destroyed nearly a third of Europe's entire population between 1347 and 1369, has been found in Oregon. Health officials in Portland have confirmed that a man contracted the plague after getting bitten by a cat. The unidentified man, who is currently in his 50s, had tried to pry a dead mouse from a stray cat's mouth on June 2 when the cat attacked him. Days later, fever and sickness drove the man to check himself into Oregon's St. Charles Medical Center, where he is currently in 'critical condition.'"

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  1. Darwin in action. by Gordonjcp · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Why the hell did he think it was a good idea to try to get the dead mouse away from the cat in the first place?

    1. Re:Darwin in action. by Lumpy · · Score: 5, Insightful

      BIG disagree.

      Medical advances allow the Genetically defective to continue to survive and reproduce. Just 100 years ago this would not have happened.

      Just wait to see how fucked up as a species will will be in 500 years.

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    2. Re:Darwin in action. by TapeCutter · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Lactose tolerance is the standard example of recent human evolution.

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  2. Re:Obligatory LOLcat ref by xstonedogx · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It's a beautiful world we live in when we have a second spelling and dialect for what we imagine our domesticated companions are telling us... and there are spelling and grammar nazis for that dialect.

  3. Re:2012 strikes again by Caledfwlch · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Actually they did have rodent population control in those days, but it's effectiveness was severely curtailed as they associated cats with witchcraft and so went around killing them. An enlightening glimpse of how perpetuating a climate of fear with no sound basis can backfire!

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