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launching the first stage of bubonic plague.
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That is, at the site of the flea bite,
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there's what's called a carbuncle or gangrenous black blister,
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surrounded by red pot marks.
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And this will be familiar to you
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because it's been immortalized in the nursery rhyme,
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this is the "The Ring a Ring o'roses."
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but also, mark along with it, there's high temperature and shivering,
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violent headache, nausea and vomiting,
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and general flu-like symptoms;
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after which the patient passes on to the second stage of bubonic plague,
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when it invades--