11. The Black Plague
Plagues have happened from time-to-time through the centuries. Modern-day medicines and quarantine procedures minimize the spread of diseases, but historically this has not been available. Spawning most likely from black rats, during the 14th century, the European continent’s population was cut in half. The black plague took as many as 20 million lives and is seen as one of the nastiest viral pandemic in our planet’s history.
While not officially destroying the earth, the destruction of its population is every bit as catastrophic. The plague lasted for five horrific years with panic and fear at every human encounter. The question of if a person would catch what became known as the black death caused doctors to stop seeing patients. Proof that viral outbreaks are a real thing and nothing to laugh at, modern medicine has rendered problems like this as less severe today. But will there be a next evolution of the plague?
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