Bubonic plague is really not a disease to be concerned about in 2024

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/17782-plague

Bubonic plague is the most common form of plague. It’s also the most survivable. With quick antibiotic treatment, you have about a 95% chance of recovering from bubonic plague.

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

However, the effectiveness and easy access to antibiotics have also led to their overuse[12] and some bacteria have evolved resistance to them.[1][13][14][15] The World Health Organization has classified antimicrobial resistance as a widespread “serious threat [that] is no longer a prediction for the future, it is happening right now in every region of the world and has the potential to affect anyone, of any age, in any country”.[16] Global deaths attributable to antimicrobial resistance numbered 1.27 million in 2019.[17]

We could yet wind up with things the way they were!