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rootusrootus • yesterday at 8:04 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

> pneumonic plague is 100% lethal if not treated within 24h and utterly asymptomatic during the first 24h

But isn't the 24 hour critical window of treatment measured from the onset of symptoms?


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cannonpr • yesterday at 10:40 PM

No it is not, it’s from exposure. The moment symptoms show you are already a walking dead man, even advanced options like ECMO don’t work.

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