Which is worse the plague or bubonic plague?

Answer 1

Today, when people say the plague as in a disease, they generally mean the Bubonic Plague.

However, there are three types of plague:

- bubonic - the kind with the swollen lymph nodes called buboes, that's where the name comes from

- pneumonic - this is transmitted by coughing and people usually die within 2 days of showing symptoms

- septicemic, which is in your blood and causes tissue to die.

Pneumonic is far more contageous and kills quicker than the other two, so that's arguably the worst.

If you mean the Plague as in the big pandemic that wiped out 1/3 of Europe in the 1350s, it was a mixture of bubonic and pneumonic.

Answer 2

The bubonic plague is a specific form of plague caused by the Yersinia pestis bacterium transmitted via fleas. While both are serious Infectious Diseases, historically, the bubonic plague variant has been more devastating due to its higher mortality rate and rapid spread among populations.