[Crucial]

I thought they could cure bubonic plague. I guess not.

[Pelham]

I thought they could cure bubonic plague. I guess not.

It's a bacteria that can be treated with antibiotics. But it's rare and the medics may not be quick to realize what they are seeing.

[BuffaloJack]

“I thought they could cure bubonic plague. I guess not.”

They can cure bubonic plague, just not with penicillin which is what I was given for the first 12 days. They switched to streptomycin and I got better.