What is pneumonic plague? Details about the VIRULENT disease

VIOLENCE REDUCTION. >> Dana: HE MIGHT HAVE A POINT. THANK YOU. >> WHAT IS THE U.S. GOING TO DO. ABOUT THE POSSIBLE PNEUMONIC. PLAGUE COMING OUT OF RUSSIA? >> President Trump: THEY CALL IT. PNEUMONIA. YEARS AGO YOU COULD TREAT. PNEUMONIA EASIER, THE MICROBES. AND GERMS HAVE GOTTEN STRONGER. >> Bill: THAT FROM THE. PRESIDENT. RUSSIA SUSPECTED PLAGUE A BIG.

PROBLEM FOR THE COUNTRY, HE. SAYS. SEVERAL REPORTS SAYING THAT A. LAB RESEARCHER MIGHT HAVE DIED. OF EXPOSURE TO PLAGUE BACTERIA. DR. MARC SIEGEL IS THE SENIOR. MEDICAL ANALYST AND AUTHOR OF. THE BOOK THE ANGELS AMONG US OUT. ON NOVEMBER 17TH. PRE-ORDER IT RIGHT NOW. WELCOME BACK, RUSSIA HAS NOT. CONFIRMED THIS I SHOULD POINT. OUT. THE REPORTS ARE THAT 28-YEAR-OLD. WOMAN DROPPED A TEST TUBE IN A. LAB. THISIS IS EASTERN RUSSIA, SIBER.

AND THEN WAS HOSPITALIZED ON THE. 29TH OF SEPTEMBER, DIED THREE. DAYS LATER ON OCTOBER 2ND. WHY DON'T YOU TAKE IT FROM THERE. BASED ON WHAT WE THINK WE KNOW. SO FAR? >> I SPOKE TO A DOCTOR WHO IS --. HE RUNUNS THE CENTER FOR. INFECTIOUS DISEASE RESEARCH AND. POLICY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF. MINNESOTA. TOP EPIDEMIOLOGIST IN THE. COUNTRY. LIMITED CONCERN. NOT SOME TRYING TO CONVINCE THE. WORLD IS A BIOWEAPON SITUATION.

I HAVE WRITTEN A LOT ABOUT. EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES. LET ME PAINT THE SCENE. I AGREE WITH THE DOCTOR, IT IS. OF LIMITED RISK HERE. BUT HERE IS WHAT YOU NEED TO. KNOW. THERE ARE 80 LABS IN RUSSIA THAT. ARE LOOKING AT NATURALLY. OCCURRING PLAGUE. THEY LOOK AT IT IN ANIMALS. MOST OF THE TIME IT'S BUBONIC. PLAGUE. SOMETIMES IT'S AIRBORNE. TRANSMISSION, WHAT WE HAVE.

PROBABLY HERE, WHICH IS. PNEUMONIC PLAGUE. THE ISSUE IS ALSO THAT THIS 69. LABS AROUND THE WORLD THAT ARE. UNDER TIGHT SECURITY, BIO SECURITY LAB, NOT SO IN. RUSSIA WITH THE 80. THE REASON THE WORLD IS. CONCERNED, BACK WHEN THERE WAS A. SOVIET UNION THEY PLAYED AROUND. WITH THE PLAGUE AND TRIED TO. MAKE IT MORE RESISTANT TO. ANTIBIOTICS. NO EVIDENCE THAT IS OCCURRING. NOW. THE OTHER THING THAT'S. REASSURING TO ME. WE ONLY GET INFORMATION BY.

REPORT. PRESIDENT GETTING A LOT MORE. THAN WE'RE GETTING. THE OTHER THING IS THE 20 PEOPLE. THAT WERE TESTED FOR BEING. AROUND HER HAVE NOT GOTTEN IT. THERE IS NO SENSE THAT IT SPREAD. BEYOND THIS ONE PERSON WHO. HASN'T BEEN CONFIRMED, EITHER. I'M BETTING SHE ACTUALLY HAD IT. BECAUSE BILL, WITHIN THE FIRST. 24 HOURS AFTER YOU ARE EXPOSED. TO THIS, THAT'S WHEN YOU GET. SICK. SO IF WE'VE BEEN WATCHING. ALREADY FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS AND. IT IS ONLY ONE CASE, LIKELY ONE. CASE, LIKELY FROM THAT TEST.

TUBE, THAT'S VERY GOOD NEWS THAT. IT HASN'T MUTATED OR CHANGED AND. THAT THEY'VE MANAGED TO CONTAIN. IT. THAT'S THE MOST LIKELY THING. EVEN IF DANA PERINO CALLS IT THE. OCTOBER SURPRISE. >> Bill: I THOUGHT WHAT THE. PRESIDENT SAID YESTERDAY WAS. INTERESTING. MICROBES AND GERMS HAVE GOTTEN. STRONGER AND SAID THE THINGS. THAT USED TO WORK ON PNEUMONIA. DON'T WORK AS WELL ANYMORE. BUBONIC PLAGUE RELATES TO. RODENTS. PNEUMONIC PLAGUE RELATES TO.

PNEUMONIA. CONSIDERED THE MOST VIRAL PLAGUE. CAN SPREAD FROM PERSON TO PRERN. INCUBATION AS SHORT AS 24 HOURS. DEADLY IF NOT TREATED EARLY. RECOVERY RATES ARE HIGH IF. DETECTED IN TIME. YOU GO AHEAD AND FILL IN THE. BLANKS BASED ON THAT WHAT IS. IMPORTANT AND WHAT WE SHOULD. UNDERSTAND. >> BUBONIC PLAGUE IS CARRIED BY.

FLEAS ON ANIMALS. THE BUGS HAVE GOTTEN STRONGER. THIS BUG WE CAN USE ANTIBIOTICS. AND YOU GET BETTER IF WE. DIAGNOSE IT EARLY, WE CAN GET. YOU BETTER. WE LOOK FOR BLOOD AND FEVER AND. FLU SYMPTOMS. IF WE CAN DIAGNONOSE IT WE GET U. BETTER. THIS IS NOT THE BLACK DEATH. >> Bill: THANK YOU FOR COMING ON. TODAY. LET'S KEEP IT THAT WAY, RIGHT? THANK YOU, DOC.

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