The Bubonic plague was the most devastating epidemic in history .It killed about 75-100 million people in Europe and Asia alone. There has been three major outbreaks and it is believed to be spread by rats and fleas. The fleas carry anthrax, which comes in three different ways. Bubonic (normal),pneumonic (breath it in),and septicemic (in the blood , more rare than pneumonic and bubonic).
SYMPTOMS

-general ill feeling
-chills
-high fever
-muscle cramps
-seizures
-extreme swelling (gets as big as an APPLE)
-pain
-heavy breathing
-continuous blood regurgitating
-coughing&sneezing
-EXTREME pain(caused by decay& blackening of skin and flesh while patient is still alive)
-mega farts
-coma
Say hello to Mr. Barfy the anthrax flea! Most rats got infected by
being barfed on!
NOTE:DO NOT BE SCARED!AS LONG AS YOU STAY SANITARY AND BE AWAY FROM INFECTED STUFF YOU WILL BE FINE!PLUS, WE HAVE AMAZING MODERN MEDICINE!ALSO,THIS HAPPENED A LONG TIME AGO!IN THE MIDDLE AGES!
Vocab
sanitary-to be clean, like washing hands...etc....
epidemic-disease breakthrough
symptoms-certain things that happen to your body telling you that you have a disease
middle ages-(just what comes to mind)castles ,kings ,knights ,terrible plague, dragons
outbreak-when a disease comes in violently
regurgitating-vomiting
Happy Nightmares! -Dacia