Was the Black Death Bubonic or Pneumonic?

The survivors called it the Great Pestilence. Victorian scientists dubbed it the Black Death. As far as most people are concerned, the Black Death was bubonic plague, Yersinia pestis, a flea-borne bacterial disease of rodents that jumped to humans.

Was the great plague bubonic and pneumonic?

Some scientists believe that it was bubonic and spread by rat fleas, while others think it was pneumonic because of the way it spread rapidly from human to human. In either case, it was terrifying and death was usually within three days.

Was the Black Death pneumonic?

Pneumonic plague is not exclusively vector-borne like bubonic plague; instead, it can be spread from person to person. There have been cases of pneumonic plague resulting from the dissection or handling of contaminated animal tissue. This is one of the types of plague formerly known as the Black Death.