Welcome to the 14th century!

When you see stories like this, it's hard not to lapse into suspension of disbelief mode - until you realize how menacingly real the story is.

I know the Bush era hasn't been known for medical progress, but who would have ever thought Americans would have to worry about the plague in 2008?

Now that a case of the plague has been confirmed in a cat in New Mexico, it's been revealed that the disease has returned with a vengeance in humans. In New Mexico alone, there were 5 human cases of the plague just last year. One of them was fatal.

We need to tell this to all the folks in fantasyland who insist contagious illnesses aren't a serious matter.

(Source: http://www.abqjournal.com/news/state/apcatplague12-10-08.htm)