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- Conclusions:
- –One droplet from a colony of plague bacteria diluted in one hundred quarts of pure water is sufficient to induce infection,
- –In the absence of medical care, the illness terminates in death in 93% of cases,
- –When medical care is provided, the illness terminates in death in 89% of cases,
- –Individuals who survive develop complete immunity to the disease and never succumb to it again.
- There are two interesting directions in which further research can proceed.
- –Firstly, increasing the time during which the bacteria colony remains active after dilution (currently less than 12 hours) would allow for its use as a weapon, one idea for diversions or sabotage behind enemy lines.
- –Second, the development of immunity in survivors suggests a vaccine may be possible.
- Under taking either of these would require an enormous dedication of time and means, neither of which, sad to say, I possess at the moment.