I knew that Prairie Dogs still ran around with The Plague, but I kind of thought the whole human-to-human transition thing went out of style in the middle ages.

Guess Not. The Black Death is still alive and well. And it’s being blamed for the death of 40 or so Jihadis in Algeria and Pakistan.

I can’t get over the irony of a bunch of guys who want the world to regress to the middle ages being offed by a disease last seen around then. Good riddance.

Oh, and in case you didn’t know, it’s not a pretty death:

Bubonic Plague is spread by bites from infected rat fleas. Symptoms include boils in the groin, neck and armpits.

A note to my fellow hypochondriacs – no need to worry (unless you frequent Al-Qaeda training camps). The Plague can be easily treated with modern medicine. But it’s the kind of modern medicine that is not so prevalent in Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia or Nigeria.

Source: The Sun, via Hot Air, where Ed is skeptical. I choose to take the British Press at face value and believe the story. You have to be able to believe in something.