bubonic plague

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…to be the hard way, at least we learned from it, just as we have from all other natural disasters. It is just a good thing that we have pretty much controlled any future outbreaks of the Plague with antibiotics such as Tetracycline and Streptomycin. Even though the Plague was such a horrific thing, in the long run, it may have helped a great deal in the prominent foundation of Europe that still stands today.