Why we’ll never have another Black Death

The death of a worker at a Russian plague lab was alarming, but the disease is extremely unlikely to become a worldwide problem as it has in the past

俄罗斯鼠疫实验室一名技术员死亡引发关注，但专家认为现代鼠疫可治愈、难以酿成大流行。文章回顾鼠疫三次大流行史，说明抗生素、灭鼠与隔离如何压低风险，并指出病菌在啮齿动物间的隐匿循环仍是未解之谜。