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The Bubonic Plague is one of the most

deadly diseases of all time as well as one of the most

famous. Although it is not common these days to see it, it

was widespread during the medieval times where millions

had died. It was so widespread, it was said that there was

not enough living to bury the dead. Rodents ran the

unsanitary streets that carried the fleas that had the disease.

This is how the Bubonic Plague was spread. It was

believed at the time by the people that the gods were

punishing them for things they had done wrong in the past.

The Bubonic Plague is transmitted either though an infected

rodent (rats, rabbits, etc.) carrying bugs (fleas). A person

will become ill two to six days after being infected with the

Bubonic Plague. It was first thought that the rats themselves

transmitted the Bubonic Plague because when people

found dead rats in the towns' streets, they would usually

flee their civilization in fear of the rodents. But in 1898,

Simond observed......

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