Reading Time: 5minutesWe don’t want to alarm you during these uncertain times, but it would not be impossible for you to catch the plague, the disease best known for wiping out much of Europe during the Dark and Middle Ages.
If this seems far-fetched, consider the following: In the US right now, the plague resides in fleas that live mostly on small mammals — squirrels, rabbits, prairie dogs, voles, marmots, feral cats — and infects humans only occasionally.