Bubonic Plague in Los Angeles
by Jeff Davis
Along with the influx of Third World immigrants, mostly illegal, we are also experiencing an influx of exotic and usually disgusting and/or lethal diseases such as Dengue fever, malaria and West Nile virus. There have been rumors of airplanes secretly quarantined by the CDC for fear of the Ebola or Marburg virus. (Who knows what happens to the passengers and crew if the virus is confirmed…) Now our government’s complete failure to control this country’s borders has led to a real blast from the past–the Black Death itself!
A recent news article reports “A woman is in stable condition with bubonic plague, the first confirmed human case in Los Angeles County since 1984, health officials said Tuesday. The woman, who was not identified, was admitted to a hospital last Thursday with a fever, swollen lymph nodes and other symptoms.” Given the high percentage of Latinos in Los Angeles, it’s a good bet she brought the disease with her from some poor village in Mexico. The bubonic plague exists naturally in northern Mexico and the southwest deserts of the US. In the US an effort is usually made to control ground squirrels which carry the disease if it is detected. In Mexico, it’s doubtful if anything is done. (more…)