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[bestmen 2,919]

So Messi is italian 

 

Edited August 20, 2025 by Sindo

[heywoodu 16,434]

Has anyone ever heard of athletes from their country being obligated to hand in the results of a massive list of blood tests before the Olympics (as in, even if you qualify, you can't go if you don't comply with that), not only including values of certain minerals and whatnot, but even including tests for - I kid you not - HIV, hepatitis A, B and C and, yes, syphilis?

Edited August 20, 2025 by heywoodu

[Grassmarket 4,250]

10 hours ago, bestmen said:

So Messi is italian 

 

A century ago  was richer than .

[Grassmarket 4,250]

OK, I'm sure that this isn't anything to worry about.  California is one of the richest places in the World.  It's not like it's crammed full of penniless unwashed homeless people, or piles of discarded trash or infested with rats or any of the other typical vectors of rapid transmission of the Black Death.

 

California resident tests positive for plague - UPI.com

[Olympian1010 8,284]

30 minutes ago, Grassmarket said:

OK, I'm sure that this isn't anything to worry about.  California is one of the richest places in the World.  It's not like it's crammed full of penniless unwashed homeless people, or piles of discarded trash or infested with rats or any of the other typical vectors of rapid transmission of the Black Death.

 

California resident tests positive for plague - UPI.com

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“Plague is naturally present in many parts of California, including higher elevation areas of El Dorado County,” said Kyle Fliflet, El Dorado County’s Acting Director of Public Health. “It’s important that individuals take precautions for themselves and their pets when outdoors, especially while walking, hiking, and or camping in areas where wild rodents are present.”

 

Link: https://ktla.com/news/local-news/california-resident-tests-positive-for-plague-health-official-say/

I've seen warnings about plague transmission posted on trails at higher elevations in the Sierra Nevada, so it's not something out of the blue or extraordinarily uncommon. In fact, there's an average of around seven human cases of plague a year in the United States (mainly focused on areas West of the Rocky Mountains).

 

Source: https://www.cdc.gov/plague/maps-statistics/index.html 

[Grassmarket 4,250]

37 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

I've seen warnings about plague transmission posted on trails at higher elevations in the Sierra Nevada, so it's not something out of the blue or extraordinarily uncommon. In fact, there's an average of around seven human cases of plague a year in the United States (mainly focused on areas West of the Rocky Mountains).

 

Source: https://www.cdc.gov/plague/maps-statistics/index.html 

Yeah.  Although rats get a bad name, it is actually prairie dogs/marmosets who are the prime incubators of the fleas, and rats are the cheap motels of the flea world.  

[bestmen 2,919]

Oh 

 

[bestmen 2,919]

You can do what you want in Honduras 

[bestmen 2,919]

This is the shity wrong map 

 

How can be greonland or canada largest than Africa !!!

 

The 55 African Countries complain and fight for making the real size of continent 

 

[bestmen 2,919]

This one looks pretty correct