There are plagues that can occur today, they go under the name of pneumonic, septicemic and bubonic. Pneumonic plague is contagious and spreads person to person, although the last time a person a caught the plague by another human was in 1924. The main area that is affected with this plague is the lungs. It is caused when the bacterium, yersinia pestis spreads around the lungs. The symptoms include; coughing, pains within your chest, having a fever, vomiting, nausea, feeling cold (chills), diarrhoea and having less oxygen coming into your lungs. This type of plague is spread by the air, ie.; breathing, coughing and can spread to another person if they are within a six foot radius. It can also become present in the body of someone with septicemic
