Is Bubonic Plague still possible?

Question

To Megan Loves Justin,
I checked cdc.gov and it says:
"Currently, no plague vaccine is available in the United States. Research is in progress, but we are not likely to have vaccines for several years or more."

Answer 1

yes, but very unlikely you get be infected due to cleaner living conditions unlike the poor sanitory conditions in the middle ages.
if you happen to get infected, you can now get it cured, unlike in the Middle Ages where doctors didn't know how people caught the disease, which resulted in the lack of knowledge on curing it.

Answer 2

People die from the bubonic plague every year believe it or not. There are about 1000-3000 people world wide that die every year. But if there was a chance of an outbreak the government has some of the plague at the Center for Disease Control and would be able to produce a vaccine to give people.

Answer 3

Is it possible that people still get the Plague? Yes. Could there be as massive a loss of life as in the Middle Ages? Unlikely, unless the bacterium mutates in particular ways. We know what carried the Plague back then (infected fleas on rats, which then infected the people). Public sanitation (sewage treatment and garbage disposal) cuts down on the number of rats, plus flea control makes a large outbreak in developed countries highly improbable.

Answer 4

Every year animals are found that died of bubonic plague. So the disease still exists but isn't a big threat to people.

Answer 5

yea, it could be stored somewhere and attack someone at any time if near it.

Probably different plagues somewhere far away from cities and whatnot, just nothing to spread the illness unless maybe a disease infested animal or something comes to contact with someone. Then yes it is possible.

Answer 6

some of the prarie dog communities in Colorado carry bubonic, so i have to say yes it possible

Answer 7

yes