Survival Prepping by Jason Ryder Adams

Author:Jason Ryder Adams
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781510736122
Publisher: Skyhorse
Published: 2019-02-25T16:00:00+00:00

The Black Death (Bubonic Plague)

Though the word pandemic seems like a modern idea, the truth is that history is rife with pandemics. Since the 1500s, there have typically been on average three pandemics every century, though they are not at all equal in terms of mortality, spread, and death toll.

One example of a historic pandemic is the famous black death, known in the modern era as the bubonic plague, which had a death toll that is commonly numbered at around 25 million, though some historians consider the death toll to be much higher.

The disease swept through Asia to the Mediterranean, and from there it went north to Western Europe. The disease’s spread was facilitated by cross-contamination with fleas and rodents. The plague was said to have lasted for three hundred years, with some of the outbreaks lasting for years at a time in certain places.

Interestingly enough, the bubonic plague is still a disease that breaks out from time to time in the modern era. If it is caught within the first 24 hours, it is entirely treatable by modern antibiotics.

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