These terrifying and devastating outbreaks were finally able to be contained when the medical field came up with the creation antibiotics. These antibodies would stop the disease to kill the infected person. These antibiotics cut the death toll of Plague victims by half. The victims of pneumonic plague had no chance of living once infected but the new medicine gave them a fighting chance to survive. Without the advancements in modern medicine like antibiotics, the Plague would still be creating huge epidemics leading to millions of innocent humans being to meet an untimely death today. The Plague has not been fully eliminated from the earth however as there are still very small amounts cases of the Plague in underdeveloped countries in the
