Pestilence

My Way News - Plague spread 3,000 years earlier than 1st thought: 2,800 BC
My Way News reports: "In contrast to later strains, including the one estimated to have wiped out about half of Europe, the Bronze Age plague revealed by the new study could not be spread by fleas because it lacked a crucial gene. So it was probably less able to infect people over wide regions. [...] experts said it was unlikely that plague would ever pose as great a threat as it has in the past, especially since it is now largely treatable."