Right now, Ebola is. The black death or the plague is caused by a bacteria and can be treated with an antibiotic. Smallpox is also dangerous but can be contained by a vaccine.
Smallpox,influenza,bubonic plague,pneumonic plague because they lacked immunity.
Smallpox and other plague like diseases. Also guns
Some sickness was smallpox and black plague.
People suffered from a lot of the same medical problems as people do now. In addition there were diseases which have been largely wiped out: plague, smallpox and syphilis were all big problems.
The plague swept through the Roman empire. Some medical writers now think that this "plague" was smallpox.
yes black death and the plague are the same things
Considering Smallpox killed over 300 million (300,000,000) people in the 20th century alone, I think it bests pretty much any other plague in history. So, no, the London Plague is not the biggest plague ever.
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Oh but they did:In the middle ages bodies of plague victims were dumped into enemy's water wells. Also the bodies of plague, smallpox and other disease victims were thrown over city walls with trebuchets and catapults.In American colonial times blankets used by smallpox victims were often given to Indians.
One of the most common epidemics is influenza. Other epidemics include: plague, measles, smallpox, HIV/AIDS, SARS, and meningitis.
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