From my 5 min toilet research the plague still has active cases per year so its not like it was extinct before. Mostly spreads with fleas and rats, which are not that of a problem in the developed world.
A lot of rats and fleas aren’t carriers anymore it basically exists in a smattering of regions at this point. Fun fact every once in awhile people in the Southwestern US get infected usually either by bad luck or the occasional insane hippie eating a rat raw, no I am not joking that happens once in awhile. But yeah humans, rats, and fleas were basically in a weird infection ouroboros so when humans broke that chain it helped reduce it massively.
Also fun fact the plague that may have lead to Indo-Europeans migrating into Europe proper was probably spread through human to human contact since rats weren’t all that much of a factor at the time.
From my 5 min toilet research the plague still has active cases per year so its not like it was extinct before. Mostly spreads with fleas and rats, which are not that of a problem in the developed world.
https://www.latimes.com/california/newsletter/2025-08-25/the-plague-reappeared-in-california
RFK Jnr: “was not a problem”
This was pneumonic plague iirc. Spread in the air?
Edit from the article:
People can be infected through:
This isn’t natural strain.
It was Y. pestis. Stop spreading bullshit.
Mhmmmm
Really? Pretty sure rats are everywhere and pets in the developed world still need regular flea checks and treatments.
The ramifications of rats and fleas seem less of a problem due to continuous pest control but they’re still very much there.
Yeah we get a few cases in Colorado with some regularity. It’s why you don’t pick up prairie dogs and ground squirrels.
https://cdphe.colorado.gov/colorado-plague-data
A lot of animal cases, but usually 3-4 human cases per year.
I could’a sworn those were in at least two layers of RFK JR’s food pyramid…
It would not surprise me in the least if he thought that the plague warnings about prairie dogs were a conspiracy to keep cheap meat from people.
A lot of rats and fleas aren’t carriers anymore it basically exists in a smattering of regions at this point. Fun fact every once in awhile people in the Southwestern US get infected usually either by bad luck or the occasional insane hippie eating a rat raw, no I am not joking that happens once in awhile. But yeah humans, rats, and fleas were basically in a weird infection ouroboros so when humans broke that chain it helped reduce it massively.
Also fun fact the plague that may have lead to Indo-Europeans migrating into Europe proper was probably spread through human to human contact since rats weren’t all that much of a factor at the time.