The plague. Most people believe that the plague is a disease of the past, that it only existed in the “days of the Viking.” The article, “Oregon girl, 16, diagnosed with bubonic plague,” can prove people wrong about the idea of the plague being nonexistent.

The Time News article was published October 30, concerning the 16 year old girl who has bubonic plague.

The bubonic plague consists of flu-like vomiting, increased lymph node pain, among other severe symptoms. The Oregon teen most likely contracted the illness from a flea bite. Since treatment, the girl has been removed from the ICU and has refrained from passing the illness to anyone else in her path. Though she still remains under hospital care.

I find myself more aware of my surroundings and trying to be more sanitary. I am sure I may not be the only one who doesn’t necessarily WANT the plague. I feel sad for this girl, me being unable to imagine what she experienced and how she feels.

This impacts the world, because the plague still exists. It exists everywhere. This disease is very much still a disease of the present-day. I would hope that many people will take precautions to keep themselves free from the plague, therefore there will be no uprising of the plague as there once was in the past.

Oregon Girl Diagnosed With Bubonic Plague – TIME
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