So first we had the bird flu that freaked everyone out...now we're starting to accept and deal with the fact that the swine flu has hit Egypt...oh but wait THERE'S MORE!

Apparently...the bubonic plague has hit our next door neighbor Libya!

Check this out:

"CAIRO (Reuters) - Libyan authorities have reported an outbreak of bubonic plague in the Mediterranean coastal town of Tubruq, and the World Health Organization was sending a team to investigate, a WHO official said on Tuesday.

The cases -- approximately 16 to 18 have been reported -- would be the first in more than two decades in Libya of the disease known in medieval times as the Black Death, according to John Jabbour, a Cairo-based emerging diseases specialist at WHO"

WELL THEN!! We SINCERELY hope that when they send the WHO to investigate it turns out to be something else...is that too much to hope for?