"The bubonic plague is an epidemic disease causing a high rate of mortality; a contagious disease that is caused by a bacterium (Yersinia pestis) and that occurs in bubonic, pneumonic and septicemic forms. It is also a cause of irritation, or a sudden unwelcome outbreak." Millions of people and their families have had a close encounter with this Black Death with nothing good to come from it. The nasty disease comes right in and takes over you and everything around you, ending in death. Just imagine if a plague outbreak would happen today and the effects it would have on each and every one of us. By examining the impact of the devastation it had on medieval England, we can see how distressing an attack with plague would be today.
The origin of the bubonic plague is unknown but it may have started in Africa or India. Many years ago, colonies of infected rats were established in India. …
