• chaosCruiser@futurology.today
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    24 hours ago

    People usually think that Yersinia pestis was left in the Middle Ages, but that’s not the case. Just let the rats breed, and you can create another plague epidemic.

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      23 hours ago

      You’d also need to make it immune to the various antibiotics that work on it. Otherwise it’s not particularly difficult to treat with modern medicine.

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        That’s really hard, which is why they went with preventing people from being able to access healthcare.