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What would happen if the Bubonic Plague returned today?

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If you get plague bacteria in your lymph system, you end up with the classical boils, buboes, that give the bubonic plague its name—untreated, it’ll probably kill you within a week, although if your immune system is good you may have almost a 50% chance of surviving. read more

Nothing much would happen : antibiotics are quite efficient against bubonic plague, and most of the population is not in close contact with rat fleas (which is the primary cause of infection). Even in less developed countries, plague epidemics are quite well controlled (see recent outbreaks in Madagascar or Peru). read more

A strain of bubonic plague as deadly as that which caused the Black Death could make a reappearance on Earth, scientists have said in a stark warning. Research into one of the most devastating pandemics in human history - the Plague of Justinian, where half the world's population died - found evidence that such an episode could happen again. read more

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