Yersinia pestis
In the mid 1300’s a strange sickness struck people were panicked. During this time period the water quality was not the greatest, it was polluted due to boats releasing to many fluids then making the drinking water unsanitary. This strange sickness was the bubonic plague people were getting tumor like lumps on their bodies then later creating red dots on the skin that later turn black.
These black lumps become flat in doing so it is spreading across the body till it's to late. The final product of this essay will be about the bubonic plague and what it can do to the humans cells and body. The bubonic plague is a bacteria that develops over a short period of time that is caused by yersinia pestis the disease that causes the bubonic plague to strike In 1300 …show more content…
Much like a virus or malware that takes over the system and eventually kills the computer and you. The immune system cannot defend itself against this multiple thousand year old organism that is very sly much like a ninja so the immune system didn’t know it was coming. Symptoms include swollen lymph nodes, which can be as large as chicken eggs, in the groin, armpit, or neck. They may be tender and warm. Others include fever, chills, headache, fatigue, and muscle aches. Due to the lack of sanitation the disease grew stronger and so now there is no current cure for this terrible disease. The disease is probably going to attack developing countries and later be eradicated by a cure that is going to be one of the greatest breakthrough in the history of science though that will be a very long time from now and the chances of plagues being eradicated are quite low, for now.
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