Black Plague Report

The black plague killed seventy-five through two hundred million people in 1347. Still, the black plague has taken place in recent times; the most recent case was October 22 2015 last year. The black plague was a pandemic that has been here for a long time. The black plague killed many people and was agonizingly painful, as it spread through Europe in an interesting and very fast way. To begin, the black plague was a terrible pandemic that caused many painful effects. The reason why it the black plague was named what it is, is because it caused “mysterious black boils” that formed on the skin. The black boils oozed blood and pus constantly day or night, and they were very agonizingly painful. In addition, anybody that had been infected by

Infected rats and fleas would bite people and they would fall ill. Infected people could also cough, sneeze or vomit and the partials of the black plague would go through the air. Another common way it spread was bacteria on certain surfaces. In the past years the black plague has been in the U.S in about 14-15 cases. All though the black plague started in Europe, it has spread throughout the world. Lastly, the black plague collected many different names throughout the years. Black Plague came from the black boils that formed on the skin. Black Death was also a popular name because of the black boils that would soon lead to death. Bubonic plague was what the people in the 1300’s called it because the word “bubonic” is a rare but very serious infection spread by bacteria. So many people died from the black plague and people are still dying from this awful illness. The black plague was the worst pandemic in the history of mankind, and will continue to be. It started in the middle of the sea and traveled through the world killing thousands of millions of people. The black plague is still making its way around the world; it could be anyone on earth. It scares me to think it could be me dying an agonizingly painful, tragic, and untimely