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indoordin0saur • today at 7:31 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

Isn't this easily treated with anti-biotics these days? Surprised that someone would die of plague in this day and age so long as treatment is prompt, which for a lab worker it seemingly should have been...


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chris_money202 • today at 9:12 PM

Another comment said treatment needs to begin 24 hours after infection or its almost always fatal. And they also said you don't have many symptoms within the 24 hour window.

I could see that still killing a lot of people even though a treatment would guarantee survival