Quote Originally Posted by xsnaggle View Post
All we have to worry about from China now is their latest outbreak of Bubonic Plague. That would make this look like child's play if it broke out seriously.
It'swhen it become pneumonic that it really kicks off. Hence the nursery rhyme 'Ring a ring a rosies'
OK, in the unlikely scenario that people are reading xsnaggle's post and taking it seriously and, maybe, even taking it so seriously they have a sense of panic or fear, here are the facts to add a sense of perspective.

There have been 31 reported cases of Bubonic Plague in the country of China between 2009 and 2019. An average of 3 a year in a country that has, roughly, about 1/7th of the world's population.

There has been a reported case in Inner Mongolia. The affected village has been sealed off.

In the US, there has been an average of 7 plague cases between 1970-2018 (range of 1-17), 80% in bubonic form.

Hence the nursery rhyme "Hush little baby"