Could you tone it down a bit, please? In common English parlance "plague" or "the plague" almost always refers to bubonic plague or diseases caused by the same

Could you tone it down a bit, please? In common English parlance "plague" or "the plague" almost always refers to bubonic plague or diseases caused by the same bacterium (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubonic_plague https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubonic_plague). COVID and "the plague" have very little in common. In particular the former is caused by a virus, the latter by a bacterium. Beyond the obviously different types of pathogen, their symptoms, mechanisms of transmission, prevention, management, and treatment are also quite different. Moreover using unnecessarily incendiary language to discuss COVID, even if you think you're just being funny, isn't helpful because it's too easy for people to misinterpret.