[weddpros]

The plague was stopped before vaccines existed... Same with many other pandemics. A pandemic is an epidemic that affects a larger area, not an unstoppable monster

[ferzul]

the plague rolled around for like half a millenium, it was constantly present in europe for more than three centuries. is that your plan?

[alteria]

I was looking through this list last week, and it was truly shocking how many epidemics were plague, even into the 19th (!!) century.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_epidemics

[jmalicki]

I guess you missed the 20th and 21st century bubonic plague outbreaks? It's still around, and is still found in places like the southwest US!

https://www.cdc.gov/plague/resources/235098_plaguefactsheet_...

[weddpros]

I'll be glad if we get a vaccine. If we don't, we must fight it nonetheless. In 2003, we stopped the SRAS epidemic, another coronavirus. We stopped it. There's no vaccine yet. The 2015 MERS isn't completely extinct but it's under control. Also I think Korea and a few other Asian countries will be virus free soon (those who thought the 2003/2015 epidemics)