the outcome is similar..
certain death..
and both due to ignorance and stupidity ...
Its why I don’t think Ebola will be a grave concern for the USA. YES - we need common-sense steps (like banning travel from West Africa), but Ebola mostly finds a foothold where poverty, ignorance, stupidity, and superstition combine with corrupt government and lack of basic medical knowledge or scientific common sense i.e) west africa.
Black plague isn’t anywhere near certain death. People get it all the time, we have areas in America where it’s known to be in the animal population. There’s usually signs up that say it’s a known plague zone and if you have flu-like symptoms in the next week or so run to your doctor and tell them you were in a plague zone. Follow the advice and you’ll almost certainly live.