Woman Catches the BUBONIC PLAGUE | House M.D. | MD TV

[@jamestheferret]

I love seeing a doctor wearing no gloves handling a plague victims boils and removing a syringe cover with his mouth. I'm surprised everyone doesn't die through lack of bio security

[@spartandare390]

they once even infected each other with a contaminated needle

[@kwestionariusz1]

A lot more people died from being in steril enviroment for too long

[@OddBallPerformance]

it's almost like it's a fantasy TV show or something... my god!

[@leminadeit]

And THAT is why it’s a TV show. Us common people aren’t supposed to care LL.

[@spartandare390]

@@leminadeit sad things it's pretty accurate. Plenty of careless/stupid people out there

[@dave29123]

I know actors practice, but those were a lot of complex medical terms thrown around.

[@Auntea420]

On Grey’s I heard Dr. Robbins say psoriasis of the liver instead of Cirrhosis lol I guess she didn’t practice enough

[@banjothebudgie1049]

@@Auntea420 link/ evidence?

[@Aaronn14]

@@banjothebudgie1049 A quick KZbin search will have you on your own way

[@rajeevkasi]

she says psoriasis or porphyria

[@ihuman7253]

The way they roll off his tongue, he has more medical knowledge by now than most drs😂

[@Jo-er6tw]

Not so fun fact: the bubonic plague is still active in some areas of the world It was never really eradicated as it just ran it course so it’s still around Rare tho Actually that’s a big reason for vaccines (aside from preventing preventable diseases) to try and eradicate certain strains of diseases to make sure they don’t come back to bite us in the butt again later It’s very difficult tho since new strands and types of diseases often evolve quickly

[@estorrajeonvlogs6400]

Good to know I’m not the only one aware of this information.

[@Jo-er6tw]

@@estorrajeonvlogs6400 oh yea the amount of plagues and ancient pathogens that still exist out there is mind boggling Some are hidden in tombs and others in the permafrost Which is now melting Yay Also we’re overdue for the polar inversion thing that is supposed to happen around every 100 years or so So…that’s a… fun thing to look forward to

[@allison_elle]

There was a 9 year old girl in my home town who passed away from bubonic plague about a year ago. She was in my nieces class involved with 4H club. They suspect 4H activities were how she picked it up, dealing with live stock.

[@Jo-er6tw]

@Hopper33 sounds like a good idea, that’s my own panic plan but you’re gonna need some snacks

[@laurencefox5884]

Hopefully antivaxxers will refuse any treatment because the plague was invented by Bill Gates to fuel his 5G towers and nanobots, and help the lizard illuminati cover up their chid abuse.

[@thesswb4463]

if your in the hospital and a doctor yells call the CDC... PANIK

[@jonchase7752]

Be more scared of the cdc fucking something up than house screwing something up

[@jamedlock83]

Yeah that's what happened over 2 years ago when some developed pneumonia, and now they call it COVID

[@KingKRool91]

if "your" illiterate and someone calls you out on the internet call YOUR PARENTS...PANIQUE

[@thesswb4463]

@@KingKRool91 wow. a simple joke. no need to insult me. but thanks for the extra laugh

[@neilkurzman4907]

@@jonchase7752 Yes it’s funny how your bizarre fears somehow translate to real life. It’s interesting how you trust your politics more than you trust science.

[@swimfast724]

This is one of my favorite episodes. Honestly this would be the worst torture in the world. Not sleeping for 7 or 8 days straight? I have common insomnia but that is unbelievable

[@lizzyandrews6956]

Yeah I feel missable if I don't sleep I can't imagine not sleeping for that long

[@gypsymom0819]

Me too darling. I have horrible insomnia. I am completely wiped out the next day.

[@cassandraboulianne9253]

I spent 60h without sleep in the hospital, cant sleep in there , i was seeing thing and earing thing that was not even there

[@swimfast724]

@@cassandraboulianne9253 ugh that's awful! I hate being in the hospital it's true they never let you sleep. They always bother you every 2 hours to check on you and wake you up all the time

[@midamason5567]

Strawberry Street So Straight sweet green blue white black white red

[@krismine99]

She was both diagnosed with plague and RBF, what an incredible doctor

[@raven4k998]

I bet she's a ton of fun at party's with her plague kids🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@karaeclipse]

Ikr

[@katscratchfever3506]

😂😭

[@oyaji_sus6882]

Oh, no. Will she ever recover from RBF, doctor?

[@LyonPercival]

Rbf?

[@brooke7464]

It's impressive how a bunch of actors are able to pronounce all those medical words that normally people trip over

[@ibvghgfvbnbc]

It depends, maybe Americans will find it hard though because English sounds has a string of melody of vowels, or emphasos of vowels. As a person speaking a language which has words that are heavily borrowed from Spanish, which is heavily borrowed from Latin, I could pronounce it with ease, and can even remember terminologies

[@kathrynhoward4196]

I saw some bloopers, and some of those words/terms definitely gave them trouble.

[@jackaboy123]

For what they lack in handwriting, they excel in speech

[@PokeMageTech]

By being intelligent and not school-haters.

[@madelaki]

Maybe those people should read more books and watch more documentaries.

[@nextlvlroy]

4:51 - one of the few times where House was very serious & professional with his team. Making sure they follow proper protocol and protection to ensure their safety.

[@daynechastant]

They can't help him save lives if they're sick, or worse, dead.

[@liesdamnlies3372]

This…none of it was proper protocol for safety. No gloves, no masks, mishandling a syringe, just…yikes.

[@CinJyxxe]

Just the single little line of "get yourself treatment" and Foreman's "yeah, I know mom" look that he gave back. House can't have any of his doctor's getting sick!

[@karxena]

I remember watching this episode in my hs pharmacy class. I had guessed the diagnosis correctly early on based on what I remembered reading about in my 7th grade history class regarding the Black Plague, but was met with ridicule from classmates for even suggesting it. I knew I was right as soon as I saw the swollen lymph node 😆

[@robin6728]

U smart

[@IrishMobster187]

What was everybody’s reaction when they found out you were right?

[@josephhoward4697]

How though? Plague usually moves pretty fast and she was sick for quite a while. Plus, she didn’t have the usual symptoms.

[@eren34558]

None of them were at least willing to hear you out?

[@arbjful]

Is insomnia a symptom of the plague?

[@Anon26535]

They did a bubonic plague episode but nobody wears a plague doctor mask. What a missed opportunity.

[@Malhaloc]

I can see it now. House comes into the patient's room with a mask and says "Hail, weary traveler! News of thine infliction hath reached mine ears. Forsooth, I bring remedy!"

[@PinkGhosty3236]

Then que the "House wtf" look from everyone in the room

[@asparrow9876]

@@Malhaloc That was sublime 😂😂

[@uuoiya]

house’d probably love the ability to get away with drugs in the beak /j

[@teriannebeauchamp254]

I remember reading sometime during the Covid pandemic when people were making jokes about it. A person who did their PHD in historical fashions made the point, that there was no contemporary mention of the plague mask. The first recorded mention of it being used in medieval times was in literature from the 1800's. I.e. there was no genuine drawings, paintings, or even descriptions if it in the time period it was supposedly in use.

[@btsarmyzona8541]

the girlfriend was so manipulative. she donated part of her liver so that her girlfriend (the patient) wouldn't leave her (she was planning on breaking up with her).

[@offbrand_2863]

That is not how this happened the patient was called a bitch because she was planning on leaving the girl but didn't tell her before she took the donation the girlfriend gave up her liver out of love without knowing

[@btsarmyzona8541]

@@offbrand_2863 both of them deserved each other. They were both liars and manipulative. Hannah was going to let her girlfriend donate her liver without telling her that she wanted to break up; that's until Cameron gave her one of her speeches. The girlfriend donated the liver, that way she wouldn't leave her. Love??? She wanted to force Hannah to stay with her because she gave her her liver. Nobody should stay with someone they don't love anymore because they feel obligated to.

[@KEESO239]

@@btsarmyzona8541 precisely

[@eren34558]

I remember that episode AND the ending

[@amandam7849]

@@btsarmyzona8541 I don't think the patient is much to be blamed. She got rid of the dog to avoid complications during the breakup. When it comes to the liver donation.... see what decision you would make after being up for 8 days straight, suffering from internal bleeding and delirium and were JUST told that you would be dead in a couple of hours. She didn't ask the girlfriend. The girlfriend offered. I think it's unreasonable to expect the patient to wake up from a fugue state to yell across the room "wait! let me die painfully!!!"

[@katherinehalliwell]

Girl: I've got the plague Doctor: Don't worry it's treatable... Doctor: Being a bitch though....nothing we can do about that. These lines KILLED ME 🤣

[@sundeasvlogs5530]

Exactly in a way it was weirdly too perfectly said.!.

[@TheWereman84]

Eh, just make her a school guidance counselor. Eventually she'll fall in love with the Glee club sponsor, but not before her brush with plague makes her a Germaphobe.

[@mckullataylor]

@@TheWereman84 😂😭 bahaha!

[@insanelittlefangirl]

@@TheWereman84 Tf

[@TheWereman84]

@@insanelittlefangirl She played Emme Pillsbury on the show Glee

[@rbdb8953]

So I know House is probably being a jerk, but when he does the nose joke and then looks for the nose to me he sounds the most like a tender-caring doctor. ❤️

[@poptartdom]

Like freaking Patch Addams lol

[@Sniperboy5551]

I see House as a bit of a psychopath, not really a jerk in the conventional sense. He cares more about solving the mystery than he truly does about his patients, but that quality is very useful in a doctor. Most doctors are just burned out by the time they get their license, in my experience.

[@Yistern]

He's a high functioning sociopath, not a psychopath. ​@@Sniperboy5551

[@austinhunter5602]

Yeah I agree, I think they wanted him to be a Sherlock Holmes of the medical world.

[@ayenmaliclic5780]

House: "Now, where were we before we were so rudely interrupted by the liver transplant?!" 😂🤣

[@SaraMorgan-ym6ue]

now you know why flea powder for a dog is more to protect you then the dog as you can see

[@kortographer]

Just from a professional medical perspective, a lot of what happen would not happen in the medical field. In fact, all you really need to treat plague with is just anti-biotics and you will eventually recover.

[@fbbWaddell]

All he prescribed for bubonic plague was antibiotics. The immunosuppressants are for her liver transplant. And you just gonna ignore the fact that he grabbed a random needle from thin air and stuck her without even an alcohol swab?

[@KhadaJhin04]

Even calling the CDC? I am not American but I would think it'd be important to inform the appropriate authority if there's a potential outbreak of a disease that could lead to pandemic

[@arizonarangershat3831]

@@KhadaJhin04 They would inform the CDC or rather just whoever is necessary. Any cases of plague are reported to state/local health departments, CDC and other federal agencies would communicate about national-level efforts and assist state and local efforts. People would definitely be informed. They’d want to make sure it isn’t a bioterrorism attack too.

[@angelhamilton8446]

you do have to remember the year this show and episode were aired

[@noneofyourbusiness4294]

@@angelhamilton8446 even back then, the black plaque was known to still be around, and it was known that antibiotics make it pretty much harmless. The very reason it got so rampant in Europe hundreds of years ago was the lack of knowledge. And the lack of antibiotics, obviously. Knowledge remains the key. People, including "doctors" for lack of a better word, associated the black plaque with bad smells. So many people had a pouch with flowers to sniff. It took ages to figure out the actual cause, and some more ages until Penicillin was discovered. After that, one of the worst diseases to mankind became irrelevant.

[@RebekkaRN1962]

"Don't worry it's treatable. Being a bitch though, nothing we can do about that"...lol 😆

[@brittanymartin6122]

Female doctor: But the Bubonic Plague came from rodents, not dogs. Me: Rodents w/ fleas.

[@raven4k998]

aww that does not look anything like a nose🤣🤣🤣

[@thechaoticdollhouse]

I, too, immediately thought of the "rodents carrying infected fleas" bit.

[@dragonoidwiley]

Every time I see them talk medical jargon with papers in their hands I feel like they’re reading their lines from it

[@geomodelrailroader]

And House would be right because I come from Navajoland we don't export dogs or livestock without it being vaccinated and if you are out in the dust you must wash off 24 hours after contact. Plague is rampant in Navajoland and it needs to be contained.

[@samriddhi9510]

The episode is old Is the plague still affecting you guys?

[@Milioem]

I blame Europeans

[@TheDancingHyena]

@@samriddhi9510 of courses lol the episode is not that old. Plague as been in the area for hundreds of years

[@TheRogueEmpire]

"rampant"? how are you all not dead then?

[@barbarawilcox182]

Hantavirus too. I covered a big epidemic as a reporter. And it was the medicine people, the singers, who figured out the cause: Drought > less vegetation > rodents (which carry the virus) coming onto people's property and leaving more droppings, which people then breathed. The medicine people know so much about the natural world that they could figure it out.

[@advanced0018]

Here we go again. Time to rewatch House M.D. solely through KZbin clips.

[@pirobot668beta]

I was at Fort Hood in 1979; we all got plaque vaccine and boosters. Hurt like hell; all yer joints ached, some fever. Several soldiers actually caught the sickness!

[@fbbWaddell]

Yeah, they still experiment on soldiers to this day. Ever notice that those vaccines were never released to the general public even though there is a very real risk of Bubonic Plague in the entire Western United States.

[@evanator2003]

So spooky. Like being halfway in mideval times

[@hannahdyson7129]

That's gruesome.

[@MrPAULONEAL]

Plague?

[@InsanityVirus]

What's terrifying about this episode is that cases like this are legitimately possible. The Black Plague ravaged all of Europe and Asia before it drastically died down, but it never died out. The only reason it slowed down in the first place was because of all the people that had died from it. With fewer and fewer people, it was much harder to spread infection, and as time went on, people became cleaner and more careful, got wiser about medical practices and the like, etc. The Bubonic Plague is basically non-existant now, especially so in more well-developed and richer countries, but - for as rare as it is to catch it - is still active. Doing a bit of research on the topic, about 7 cases is the average, per year, for people who are unlucky enough to catch the Plague. Statistic wise, you got a 1 in 3 million chance of catching it. Though, while still very deadly and needs to be heavily treated ASAP, it's not as much as a death sentence as it was back in the mid 1300s. Dying from the Plague is about a 1 in 30 million chance, and while it's always fatal when left untreated, you have about a 30% to 60% chance of dying if you go to the hospital and get treated, the statistic probably only varying due to when you get treated and how early you catch on and get your ass to the hospital. In other words, still deadly, but modern medical science has come a very long way.

[@bananaeclipse3324]

Essentially someone was just playing plague inc pretty poorly.

[@Endless-fire]

not always, you can survive yersinia pestis without treatment, but I would not reccommend trying that!

[@TheShepdawg9]

...but it's only spread by animals, not from human to human contact. Having less people would've had nothing to do with the plague's efficacy.

[@RLucas3000]

@jygb7092never

[@Hakitosama]

@@Endless-fire yeah it's the pulmonary form that is fatal and very difficult to treat. Fortunately it's the rarest

[@CornholioPuppetMaster]

House draws out fluid without gloves* House: call the CDC

[@Jazzybear21]

You can't catch plague from being in same room as someone who has it. And he had no open wounds on his body so no possible way to expose it to himself

[@tonylego2364]

It's got a 100% curative rate with antibiotics so there really isn't anything wo worry about. He did tell the team to take the basics

[@toxicfataldestiny5408]

It’s the bubonic plague, you can’t catch it from another person, you have to be bitten by a flee that carries it.

[@Hakitosama]

@@tonylego2364 yeah the cdc is really to be on the look out for any person contaminated by the dog so they can be treated correctly. I mean, I don't think any doc in the ER would immediatly think "bubonic plague" if someone showed up with the symptoms unless they were warned about on ongoing outbreak...

[@transcendantviewer]

Ah yes. Back in the days when Bubonic Plague in the U.S. was considered "outlandish", "good drama", and "inconceivable". Now, you can just go to California or New York and find a handful of breakout cases in the slums.

[@ForbiddenFish]

But don't say anything because if you say it, it will offend people and hurt feelings and we can't have that.

[@transcendantviewer]

@@ForbiddenFish It's their choice: Hurt feelings for a while until they don't feel anything anymore, or hurt wallets.

[@ForbiddenFish]

@@transcendantviewer Agreed! But then again, common sense is not that common anymore

[@eren34558]

why california or new york?

[@transcendantviewer]

@@eren34558 There was a thing released by the CDC a few years ago that there were a handful of recorded cases in California. Pretty sure it was the CDC. It made the news rotation for a short while at the time.

[@ivannisevic6685]

'You're dead anyway' is something you definetly won't hear from a real doctor 😂

[@jwrockets]

Little Girl Patient: When I get older, I wanna be just like you. Doctor: Oh, you're not going to get any older. ASDF Movie, Chapter 14 (IIRC)

[@PkmnGymLeader]

They won't say it literally just like that, but a good, honest doctor will tell you your chances of survival with different treatments.

[@christianjames92]

She's terminal either way without a diagnosis.

[@cjheaford]

Like there is an actual hospital in America where you will have 4 doctors working on your case simultaneously.

[@kcesca]

It happens in every hospital, just not when you have the manflu.

[@joshuaortiz2031]

If you have money then yes you will have the privilege of being treated by 4 doctors simultaneously.

[@rhyuza5918]

my late father was flown to Vanderbilt in tennessee, a team of 15 heart specialist worked on him for 28 hours.

[@eren34558]

If your rich and powerful enough? yes. If you're part of the 99%? No.

[@LittleKitty22]

Happens only for the rich. In the UK all we get is one doctor throwing a prescription for antidepressants at the patient, regardless of what the medical problem is. And that is over the phone by the way as doctors don't see patients in person any more. I've had consultations with dermatologists and neurologists over the phone - result: misdiagnosis, dismissed with tranquilizers, disease got worse, me severely disabled now and still can't get treatment.

[@Ogihci2]

Almost died upon hearing the one doc mentioned it was a dog not a rat. Like is it not common knowledge that it was by fleas the plague really spread?

[@lyokianhitchhiker]

In all fairness, fleas do attack both dogs & rats.

[@carolynolsen132]

A severely ill patient and then possibly has the plague, and NOBODY is wearing masks, gloves, face shields, clothes coverings, or shoe coverings.

[@leebaker2588]

this is bubonic plague, not pneumonic

[@RobinPM86]

because she POSSIBLY had the plague and, of course, this was filmed way before Covid.

[@333hihello444]

@@RobinPM86 anything potentially transmitted through contact with infected tissue you need PPE. If you’re using a needle for anything at all you at least need gloves.

[@NathanielTavington]

By the time they figured out it was plague and not because of the liver transplant, they'd already been exposed no point in freaking out over PPE at that stage. From that point all you can do is take preventative medication and scrub everything down.

[@hannahdyson7129]

@@333hihello444 Thats not how plague works . They should have wore gloves for the needle bit but that's it

[@Misunao23]

You’re handling the bubonic plague without gloves

[@giantWario]

While that is often a problem with this show, in this case it makes no difference. Either they're immune to the plague (like most modern humans are) or they were already infected at that point anyway which is why House told his team to all get treated. And no they don't need to quarantine, the plague is not contagious before the symptoms show up. Finding the dog with the infected fleas is the important thing here.

[@guywhosellsvapes4595]

It's very curable.

[@nickvanachthoven7252]

@@giantWario bubonic plague isnt that contagious if you dont have fleas. unless you develop the lung variant in which case she would be coughing and the entire hospital would already be infected.

[@zacharyhonachi2166]

Plot armor, duh.

[@nekolalia3389]

You should see what he does with radioactive material

[@RanitKrSingh]

House is less like a doctor and more like a detective

[@steve_ancell]

I don't reckon anyone would be that calm after being told they have the bube.

[@Wormwoodification]

I'm sorry but 7 days without sleep... I doubt anyone would even be sane. Sleep deprivation is horrific by itself.

[@Hakitosama]

@@Wormwoodification lol yeah after 48h (uni finales are a b*tch) without sleep, I was already tripping as fudge X'D 7 days ? I would berate house because he passed a plague doctor joke

[@kiritomato4506]

I like how all the best doctors circle around a victim of Black Death without any masks or anything securing them against an infection.

[@bananaeclipse3324]

That’s because that isn’t how it spread! *spread via fleas and rodents* She ain’t coughing, she has bubonic plague, not going to spread like that, though it would probably be better to wear gloves and stuff.

[@hannahdyson7129]

Masks won't protect them . They would only need them if she was coughing up blood at which point she would have been dead already They should have worn gloves but masks is overkill . You get infected from a flea bite . Even the pus from the boil doesn't infect you . Antibiotics is all they need .

[@DrewPicklesTheDark]

The plague is transmitted by flea bites (or the pus itself if he popped it), so they weren't in danger.

[@Jazzybear21]

It's extremely rare to catch the plague from just being in the same room with someone. To catch it, you need to be bitten by something infected aka a flea. Or exposure by having cuts on your body and dealing with infected material.

[@Chameleon-wq4ul]

It is treatable nowadays.

[@lanilexander651]

I have so many questions, if he already knows that she has a plague why aren't they in hazamat suit? why didn't he call CDC after finding out before going into the room? and shouldn't the hospital in lock down by now and not 5-6 doctors rushing into the room risking their life for the plague?

[@kathys1285]

You don’t need hazmat suits for the plague 🙄 that’s only needed in a radiation ☢️ conditions and it’s not that spreadable in the right conditions they know what they’re doing

[@brandonmoore5925]

Because it's not airborne. You got to come into physical contact with the pus or be bitten by the infected fleas and then it is treatable today with antibiotics.

[@sunnyhill7919]

She has the bubonic plague, not the pneumonic one. Bubonic plague is transmitted through bites and direct contact with skin breaks. Yeah, he really should have put on gloves before taking the sample and put that sample into a biohazard sharp-proof container for transport, and then disposed of the gloves in the designated biohazard waste, but generally speaking, bubonic plague is as transmissible as other blood-borne pathogens. And he didn't find out until he examined her lymph nodes and found an enlarged bubon. He shouldn't have invited the whole crowd into the room, though, and she should have been put into the infectious disease isolation ward, that's true, but not enough for the hospital to go on lockdown.

[@megamania7106]

As House said, the Plague is transferred by fleas, they wouldn’t need hazmat suits to keep them safe from it. Also, the plague is so rare that the CDC wouldn’t respond without proof.

[@inesmiranda1504]

Because the plague is easily treatable

[@CallsignEskimo-l3o]

Luckily she recovered and become the career adviser at William McKinley High School.

[@davj1481]

They have doctors consulting on the set this is always been one of my favorite shows

[@xxwolfiexx763]

“Being a bitch though, nothing we can do about that.” Wha- 😂😂😂

[@RobinPM86]

he was talking about the treatment she was going to get.

[@alanthierseorn]

"Use a garden hose if you've got one" xD

[@chromicapop4595]

A really sterile Long ass cdc approved hose😂😂

[@Gypsy-Tongue]

The last time i heard of an outbreak of the bubonic plague was in 2012 in Colorado where about 15 people were infected.

[@jeffbrehove2614]

I think the scariest part of the episode is the patient's girlfriend. Call the patient a manipulative bitch all you want, but her girlfriend was revealed to be scarily co-dependant, hence the dog and her final scene with Cameron

[@Duckling_mom]

Most kids in my class would be disgusted by this but I’m over here laying in my bed listening to this and I’m so fascinated

[@shadowhenge7118]

One of my cousins got the plague here in colorado. Tried to go all disney princess with the local prairie dog population. Fun times.

[@Hakitosama]

and now he's in for a lifetime of bird masks jokes X'D

[@kristongordon1951]

These doctors don’t wear gloves.

[@magnarcreed3801]

Good. Help save the environment.

[@MizukiUkitake]

@@magnarcreed3801 um. no? No. Doctors not wearing gloves is the furthest thing from good. What the fuck

[@magnarcreed3801]

@@MizukiUkitake Nope. It’s great. Less waste.

[@mousypoo9266]

@@magnarcreed3801 Its not good because doctors can have many germs on their hands and doctors are REQUIRED to wear gloves, I know its great, less waste, but if doctors wore their gloves you would most likely be safer than not. Its like rather safe then sorry.

[@magnarcreed3801]

@@mousypoo9266 Idk safer sounds like less waste. Worst case scenario a couple humans die compared to however many animals and plant life would from over uses of gloves.

[@kevinhoward9593]

2:47 i dont get it. the Plague is highly contagious. She had to get it from someone in the town. But even then there should have been more than just one case. it never just infects one person.

[@doublechomestead108]

It is a bacterial infection spread by fleas. It can also spread through direct contact. Which is why House told his team to get treated as well. So in this clip the patient go it from a flea bite from her dog.

[@nancyomalley6286]

@@doublechomestead108 Which she got from a breeder in New Mexico

[@carolinemarchand4743]

Not really… the bubonic plague was highly contagious when hygiene was low and ppl easily caught flees… only the pneumonic plague was airborne

[@giantWario]

It absolutely does infect just one person all the time because the majority of modern humans are actually immune to the plague. That's because in a lot of places around the world, the plague was so rampant that it killed everyone who wasn't immune to it and then the survivors got to pass on their immunity. That's why the plague is no longer ever a real problem even though it was never eradicated.

[@nickvanachthoven7252]

she has the bubonic plague. easely recognised by the bulbuous on the lymph nodes. this is the one caused by fleas and isnt very contagious to other humans. you can however after a flea bite also develop lung plague. which is the contagious one that caused entire towns to die out in a week or two. it has the same symptomes+coughing up massive amounts of blood.

[@c.w.simpsonproductions1230]

Legit terrifying to remember that this disease killed between 75,000,000-200,000,000 people over just nine years. The population of Europe alone lost between 30-60% of its population.

[@egrintarg230]

I love the projection at the end.

[@JohnnyAngel8]

Hmm. Interesting observation about House.

[@egrintarg230]

@@JohnnyAngel8 I am just wondering why I am the only person who noticed.

[@JohnnyAngel8]

@@egrintarg230 I think because of the subtlety of it. I didn't catch it but I didn't have my "listening" radar on. But I knew immediately what you meant.

[@egrintarg230]

@@JohnnyAngel8 Well, that does make sense.

[@seb0rn739]

2:04 Interestingly, chicken soup is proven to help with with many conditions. The chicken soup your grandma makes when you are sick actually does something.

[@theelephantintheroom69]

I'm sure after 6 or 7 seasons, a lot of the dialogue was improvised aside from all the medical jargon or at least the script was written with some more freedom for the actors to be themselves. Eventually, after enough performing, an actor can easily know and improvise what their character will do or say without a writer or script telling it to them

[@richardlahan7068]

Plague infections occur today in the southwestern US, Africa and Asia.

[@katscratchfever3506]

This was one of my absolute favorite episodes!

[@raven4k998]

yeah we can knock you out as it kills you🤣🤣🤣

[@LilChelle]

Bubonic plague was recently found (in the US) in Arizona

[@Jazzybear21]

There's an average 1 to 7 cases per year in the US

[@Dsmwarrior1996]

The funny thing is, it wasn't the rats that caused the plague, it was the fleas that the rats carried that caused the plague, the rats just got all the blame for it 😂

[@luvly.angel.alisee3751]

I was learning about the bubonic plague in my social studies class👀

[@unamed2247]

My highest fever was 105 and it wasn't even that bad. I went to the hospital though because my mom called my doctor and that is what my doctor said to do and the nurse at the hospital through out the thermometer thinking it was broken until the second thermometer also said 105

[@Jazzybear21]

105 is extremely deadly though. I think anything over 103 can cause seizures, death, and brain cells to start dying

[@jayhollowayii2]

i love how house doesnt suit up nothing she has the plauge

[@Hakitosama]

na not necessary. it's the bubonic not the pulmonary.... and if it was the pulmonary it would be too late anyway.... And they would have a bigger problem ...

[@Guizambaldi]

Here in Brazil we eventually have cases of the plague.

[@Robi2009]

2:42 - Cameron's snap at Foreman top notch :D

[@Lechuga1815]

Chase: "Let's use Anti-Biotics" House: "Stupid idea" *Diagnosed with Bubonic Plague which is a Bacteria"

[@reginabillotti]

Plus, (according to the CDC's website) not only is a course of antibiotics the proper treatment, but there are no "prophylactic" (preventative) treatments for it.

[@JohnnyAngel8]

@@reginabillotti She had complications from the previous medications which necessitated additional treatments.

[@epistax4]

@@reginabillotti I've been given antibiotics as a prophylactic before. It was basically "we're not sure you have it, but just in case we should tackle it now". I don't remember what drug it was exactly but it was a 3-day-body-nuke.

[@reginabillotti]

@@epistax4 A prophylactic for bubonic plague?

[@epistax4]

@@reginabillotti For an unknown bacteria

[@interviolet6675]

I Love when Wilson get's involved with house's antics really lets you know their situation is dire, even moreso if cuddy is involved xD

[@XenonPrimeSBSV]

Here's hoping we never see cases of anti-biotic resistant plague .

[@tonylego2364]

We have. In Madagascar. They tried 8 different antibiotics on the kids and found out uh oh

[@XenonPrimeSBSV]

@@tonylego2364 Ah, what horrendous news! Fascinating and I'd be interested in reading about it, but ye gods let's hope that doesn't spread.

[@Arandomsimpsonsfan]

The bubonic plague is still around surprisingly

[@Clearlight201]

"You're dead anyway if we don't figure out what caused all this." Said absolutely NO doctor ever!!

[@benwilson1663]

I'd rather a doctor be real and blunt instead of using a poker face and lying

[@Clearlight201]

@@benwilson1663 Absolutely agree. But no doctor says it in the insensitive offhand way this TV script says it. Also doctors don't like to admit they haven't got things figured out, they don't like to admit defeat, I work with them.

[@benwilson1663]

@@Clearlight201 i personally dont see the point in being sensitive. But that's me.

[@winglessdraco4865]

"use a garden hose if you got one" I'm dead XD

[@purplelotus531]

I know its a show, but I cant fathom at 4:48 just randomly being told a bunch of shit not so easy to pronounce and having to remember everything correctly or you could kill someone

[@grimshock6983]

The plague is treatable?! They didn’t tell us this in history class. Heck I even raised my fears and the teacher said, “well we have better equipment so we might be able to deal with it if it comes back”.

[@lorzon]

Well, firstly, everyone alive today has an ancestor who survived the plague, so herd "immunity" is a thing. Secondly, we have incredibly powerful antiviral meds now that basically kill every virus there is, so there's that. They wreak havoc on your body, but it's better than being dead.

[@olegkupran5284]

History class also taught you, that the people during medieval times actually thought that the mercury was a medicine. It is treatable, because we as a species developed a vast knowledge about human bodies and medicine

[@AtotehZ]

The themes of this episode are a bit closer to reality than most. There are some really callous people out there.

[@LindaStenmanSvensson-ef4jk]

"Dont worry, it's treatable. Beeing a bitch though..." Haha love that line!

[@MikeKollin]

My Ex Caught the Black Plague in San Francisco China town... in the 90's.... The Doctors didn't' seem to worried about it... just gave her some antibiotics...

[@philiphorner31]

There is worse than plague in The City.

[@TheHammy2211]

Yep, easily treatable nowadays.

[@barbaricboi8905]

The most unrealistic part in all of this show is so many doctors focusing on one patient for more than 10 mins a day

[@mythmondays6727]

Ya gotta be in college medical center ICU to get that. Every day we had a meeting of 12 doctors to figure out my myriad of conditions that naval medicine failed to fix. Ended up costing the Navy 1.1 million.

[@daphjine]

i blame will schuester

[@saturnitiez]

schue gave poor emma the plague 😭🔫

[@MSalt69]

What, so he thinks it’s bubonic plague but doesn’t;t put on gloves to take a draw then hands it to his ungloved colleague?

[@pataxona]

emma pillsbury 🤨

[@everforemma]

She’d be the last person to catch it

[@Roze_aye]

ok. but that lump is GNARLY

[@aerithgainsborough7763]

What happened to the dog in this episode? I'm concerned about it

[@ScpDrRisha]

It is quite common for poor countries to still get it. I heard in 2013 a town in Madagascar got run over by the plague. Its not as bad as the one in 1665

[@p.o.p2077]

EPIC EMDING!! LOL 🤣🤣😆

[@dontgetmadgetwise4271]

Temp of 106... and still talking coherently. Wow!

[@Shycrochetqueen]

It’s ms Pillsbury

[@berrymint6384]

Not a LITERAL DOCTOR is in the absolutely morronic belief that the plauge is a "rodent" thing. Can we leave poor rats/animsl in general alone and ACTUALLY FOCUS ON THE PROBLEM? Like it can affect ANYONE and rats were the main carriers simply because of their sizes so they could fit into houses better because people back then LEFT A LOT OF FOOD AROUND

[@amandahunter9186]

What country gives people the bubonic plague caused by mosquitoes

[@emilywilliams363]

That's malaria

[@P4FElton]

4:59 That one there was a violation personally i wouldn't have it XD

[@samriddhi9510]

Love house, but holy fuck wear gloves

[@The_wizard-for-hire]

I have never wanted to see something chopped off and re grown more in my life

[@shadowking13X]

Like him or hate him had to admit he knew his stuff why can’t all doctors be like him?

[@GabrielRaskind]

Because this is just about the most unrealistic medical drama ever written🤣. don’t get me wrong it’s entertaining as anything but doctors like house don’t exist, mostly because they would be terrible at their job.

[@samriddhi9510]

@@GabrielRaskind I mean, I have worked with a few ‘genius’ doctors as someone unfamiliar with the field would say Some people just have the brains to look further then others and aren’t exactly social able Doesn’t discredit their knowledge though And cases like the ones on the show are real and documented(not every part of it, some are fictional), just not famed that it would be common knowledge The difference is that Just one doctor didn’t treat them, several people were involved If everyone was so ordinary, we’d have no breakthroughs or discoveries

[@PokeMageTech]

4:08 Black DEATH or BUBONIC Plague. Also: wrong, Cameron! It’s not carried by rodents, but by fleas!

[@chromicapop4595]

Yes indeed the fleas served as a way for the plague to travel around more widely plus living conditions in areas afflicted were horrendous so obviously that helped it spread😅sorry if I sound nerdy tho

[@PokeMageTech]

@@chromicapop4595 Nope, nerds rule!

[@Scallywaag]

I really gotta stop watching House clips while snacking. Ugh.

[@captainpoppleton]

did you enjoy your king prawn?

[@trekkingtomahawk921]

All of this is so asmr and therapeutic

[@as7river]

Fun fact: the plague was never actually called black plague, its most common names are the plague, black death, pestilence and the bubonic plague. People only recently started calling it black death because they mixed up the names.

[@Momofan69]

ok so what you're saying is that it totally has been called the black plague so saying it's never been called the black plague is incorrect.

[@chromicapop4595]

I read it had multiple "pandemic arcs" throughout european history but there have been rare cases in us mainly in the west. Also saw a history vid on it even monks and religious people got it😮

[@slipstreamxr3763]

It was also called the plague of Justinian, due to a terrible outbreak of it occurring during his rule as Emperor of Constantinople.

[@TheHammy2211]

​@@slipstreamxr3763IIRC the Plague of Justinian hasn't actually been nailed down, bubonic plague is just a pretty likely candidate.

[@tonylego2364]

Only recently like within the last 100 years? My family had a very old encyclopedia set from decades before I was born and it called it the black plague even in the glossary

[@SariennMusic73]

That escalated FAST

[@Suusleepy]

I'm conflicted by being interested by the medical stuff and hating literally every single character in this

[@TheSchultinator]

Yeah, I know. I work in an ER and it is...interesting...watching medical shows that feature ERs.

[@googlefearsaltmedia218]

No one says “Call the CDC” with no exclamation point…

[@josephwodarczyk977]

"Dear, could you call the CDC? The people working there love hearing about the black death travelling to the other side of the country. No rush though."

[@cheylikespie]

isnt she the teacher from glee

[@CorvusFiliusSatanae]

SCP-049 The Plague Doctor: "I am the cure."

[@Asmr-ng8xe]

Is it 1701 again lol

[@Jazzybear21]

I mean the bubonic plague is still around. We just have the proper medicine for it now so less people die

[@WendiGonerLH]

Good thing it’s not 1375 or this would’ve been a much more desperate situation

[@879SCSP]

Well now we know why Emma was such a hypochondriac in Glee

[@A_local_plate_of_jelly]

im eating while watiching this i nearly thrwe up

[@catraaaaaa]

*E M M A ? ?*

[@Shycrochetqueen]

It is Emma

[@thepoliticalmechanic2691]

Here in Idaho we still have the plague you don’t see it a lot though

[@marycanary]

Does anybody happen to know how the episode ends?

[@chibiprussia5574]

She recovers, House tells her that she's a bitch that she wants to break up with the person willing to give her a part of her liver.

[@ad.double5676]

Why?

[@marycanary]

I just wondered that’s all.

[@LLawrah]

She’s fine in the end and goes home with her girlfriend out of guilt

[@moonluna464]

I don't know if you know this, but I just want to say that House is on Amazon Prime :) I can't remember what happened it's been to long sorry

[@undeadladybug7723]

You can in fact still catch the plague in parts of Arizona, an episode of Monsters Inside Me featured a couple who caught it there. Pretty sure the husband lost some limbs.