Many people think that the bubonic plague is now gone but what they don't know is that it is still very much alive. The Black Death, which originated from the “Black Death”. It dates back to an epidemic that broke out in China around 1330 (Perlin 1). The Black Death killed many people very quickly. The disease disappeared in 1353 but never disappeared completely. Smaller epidemics have helped occur for years and years (Perlin 1). Now, in 2015, more outbreaks are occurring. Bubonic plague can be contracted from rodents and fleas, can be treated easily, and not many have died from it. Bubonic plaque can be transmitted by rodents and fleas. The most common way to contract plague is from fleas. Fleas usually live on animals. If those animals are infected with plague they can transmit it to fleas. People who have pets or who go into the woods a lot can easily be bitten by a flea and contract the disease. Most plaque epidemics occur in the western United States. Places like Africa and Asia have the highest number of plague cases. (Storrs 2). “It would be very difficult to kill an entire population of fleas” (Storrs 2). It would be too difficult to kill all the fleas. The only way to stop the spread is to treat every person who contracts it. It is impossible to try to stop fleas from biting people. People would need to stay covered when going into the woods, as that is where most people get bitten from. When the bubonic plague first broke out in the early 1930s in China, there was no cure for it. Basically, if anyone were to get it, they would most likely die. The bubonic plague then spread so rapidly that thousands of people probably died each week. Which also contributed to the fact that the plague spread...... middle of paper ......and. In cases where many got the license plate, only a few died. The plague is easier to treat and cure now that everything is so modernized. Most cases of plague in the United States are usually bubonic plague. Two other shapes that are rarely seen in today's book are blood and lungs. The bubonic will probably continue to exist but as long as these cases are always treated, there should be no problems. Works Cited Munro, Kelsey. “The Bubonic Plague and How Not to Catch It in 2015.” FairfaxMedia Network. June 27. 2015. Web. November 21, 2015.Perlin, David, Ann Cohen. “Epidemics of the past”. Alpha books. 2002. Network. 21 November 2015. “Plague”. MedicineNet.com. Network. November 21, 2015.Storrs, Carina. “How do we still have the plague, centuries after the Black Death?” CNN. June 24th. 2015. Web. 21 November 2015. “The guardian. August 28, 2015. Web. November 21. 2015.