China can’t seem to get out of its own way when it comes to diseases. On Sunday, authorities in the Chinese region of Inner Mongolia went on high alert after a suspected outbreak of the bubonic plague, which caused the infamous “Black Death” that ravaged Europe during the Middle Ages. 2020 just keeps on getting more frightening! 

Case of bubonic plague found in China's Inner MongoliaIn the Chinese region of Inner Mongolia, a city is on high alert after authorities confirmed a case of the bubonic plague -- the disease that once caused the most deadly pandemic in human history.www.cnn.com

This year is getting better and better. The good news is that in 2020 the bubonic plague is treatable with antibiotics such as streptomycin, gentamicin. Without antibiotics the death rate is extremely high, hence the 50 M who died in the 1300's.

I hope COVID has a similarly effective treatment soon.

The CDC is monitoring an H1N1 variant in China right now called G4. Let’s hope it doesn’t break out in the age of Covid, but I guess another is inevitable sooner or later.

New Study Expands Understanding of Influenza-associated ComplicationsFlu is a respiratory disease and respiratory complications, such as pneumonia, are the most common reason for people to be hospitalized from flu.www.cdc.gov

I'm not too worried about the plague at this point. Apparently it already popped up in Mongolia every decade or so and it has continuously existed in at least 3 other places in the world all this time.

Yeah, it has never gone away. Every year it kills people. Just not at plague level rates.