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Old 10-22-2014, 06:58 PM
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Originally Posted by LAblondeGPhi View Post
I always thought that natural selection and population resistance had something to do with it, in addition to basic hygiene and city planning. Several major rounds of plague destroyed pretty large portions of the population in some cases. In the middle ages, a major bout wiped out more than a third of the European population. Isn't that classic Darwinism?

Also, it's a bacterial infection, so several antibiotics are effective treatment against it, no?
Its still around. It turns up from time to time in Colorado New Mexico or Arizona. I think usually in children that have been bitten by mice or rats, but it can be treated with antibiotics and so they may end up in the hospital but treated okay.
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