Why “bubonic” is being discussed
The most recent Hacker News stories and comments contributing to this topic's mentions.
Absolutely not. The bubonic plague is easily treated with modern antibiotics. It is also stoppable with contact tracing. As happened with, for example, SARS. Which is why someth…
by btilly · Oct 6, 2026
The Soviets developed antibiotic resistant strains of the plague meant to be dispersed over cities as aerosolized droplets. Inhaling these droplets causes pneumonic plague (coin…
by pigpop · Oct 5, 2026
Bubonic is different than pneumonic.
by infecto · Oct 5, 2026
Bubonic plague is not a good bioweapon. It doesn't form spores and requires fleas to spread. It can spread through aerosolized droplets, but that's really no better than a regul…
by cyberax · Oct 5, 2026
Yersina Pestis is endemic to the southwest areas of the United States, and causes an average of seven cases of plague per year. 'The “young adult male” died eight hours after he…
by chasil · Oct 5, 2026
There are three ways the plague manifests: bubonic (Black Death, highly treatable), pneumonic [1] (what this researcher died of) and septicemic (gets in your blood–super nasty,…
by JumpCrisscross · Oct 5, 2026
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A bubo is adenitis or inflammation of the lymph nodes and is an example of reactive infectious lymphadenopathy. Read more on Wikipedia