Bubonic Plague Persuasive Speech

“Hello everyone!” His hoarse voice bounced against the room’s wall. “Today, I am going to tell you my theory on why any type of outbreak occurs.” Without turning down the volume, his voice got softer like he was telling a secret to a friend in a room full of people. “It isn’t because someone messed up in a lab, or visited an ancient CDC that contains a deadly virus. Well, I mean, it is, but there is something else going on. Let’s review our history before I talk about the other reason why outbreaks happen. In the 1340s, a huge outbreak occurred in Europe. That outbreak was with the illness, the bubonic plague, which most people know as the Black Death. During this time, streets were in filth, so no wonder why people got sick!” His voice dripped with passion as it became louder. “I’m using this historical example of an outbreak because of how people died. The bubonic plague killed approximately 30-50% of the population or even more than that. …show more content…
We have access to doctors, baths, showers, soap, and much more! Where am I getting at, you say?” His voice started to bounce against the room’s walls again. “I’m getting at that we are too clean! Too clean, too healthy. Nature doesn’t like that. We are ruining the planet and our population is through the roof. What does Nature do with species that ruin the planet or overpopulate? Eliminates them. Nature is going to eliminate us. It gives us outbreaks every now to try to weaken us, but we rise above them. Tons of humans die from them, but that isn’t enough because we are still harming Nature and making Nature angry! Nature is plotting against us,