What is common with Coronavirus and pestilence?

Of course, COVID-19 is everyone's radar disease now. But with the news on California and other recent cases of plague diagnosed in China and Mongolia, many people are wondering whether there are similarities between COVID-19 and the plague that we otherwise know as the “Black Death”

Consider how the symptoms, treatments, and results of both serious infectious diseases are compared.

The bubonic plague (the most common form of plague), named “black death”, wiped out 30-50% of Europe's population in the XIV century. Today, it is far less common. By comparison, there have been more than 21 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 worldwide since August 18th, according to data from Johns Hopkins Coronavirus.

Are Coronavius and the plague transmitted in the same way?

No. The plague is a state-of-the-art zenootic infection” bacterial in domestic and wild animals. People are accidentally exposed to bacteria that are transmitted by flea bites, usually rodent fleas, squirrels, and rabbits. The plague has been reported among rabbit hunters, for example. But it can also be transmitted through scratches or cat bites.

On the other hand, COVIED-19 is caused by a person - borne virus, usually through close contact (within 2 meters). It can also be contracted through direct physical contact, such as shaking the hand of someone who has Coronavirus, or touching a contaminated surface. Simply being around an infected person with coughing, sneezing, or negotiating can expose you to respiratory points containing viral particles.

Do Coronavius and the plague have similar symptoms?

The plague symptoms are usually shown within a week of exposure. These include fever, headaches and development of lymph nodes swollen near the area bitten by an infected flea.

The fever is also one of the most common symptoms of Coronavirus, and some people report headaches. Other symptoms of COVID-19 include gasp, dry coughs, taste loss and/or smell loss, skin rash, diarrhea, hair loss. But in other cases an infected person may not have symptoms at all.

So is there any similarity between Coronavirus and the plague?

In addition to similar symptoms, such as fever and headaches, it is fair to say that COVID-19 and that plague are very different diseases. The only similarity is that COVID-19, the plague can be transmitted to the person from respiratory points.

The plague killed millions of people worldwide centuries ago. In 2020, it is certain that the plague is unlikely to become a global health threat, such as COVID-19 because there is easy prevention and treatment to cure it. The plague has been much longer present, and researchers have a full understanding of what Coronavirus is not yet.