The most famous symptom was large sores caused by swollen lymph nodes, known as “buboes”, hence the name: the bubonic plague.

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Viral sepsis is a major cause of deaths triggered by severe COVID-19, while many deaths in historical pandemics like the 1919 influenza pandemic and the bubonic plague are thought to have resulted ...