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    210 months ago

    Also makes me curious, is there actually a difference between a plague and a pandemic or is it just the old word for it.

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      10 months ago

      A pandemic is an epidemic (rapidly spreading disease/virus) that’s spread to multiple countries, meaning a pandemic can be caused by any infectious thing that spreads its shit. Plague is just sickness caused by a bacteria called yersinia pestis!

      Edit: to add to the plague thing - we call pandemics plagues because of the fun times in medieval Europe when the plague caused a pandemic