In an age of modern medical miracles, it seems impossible that mankind has yet to rid itself of these pestilences.
在现今医疗技术近乎奇迹的时代，人类却尚未摆脱这些传染病，这似乎是件不可能的事。
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Many pestilences broke out during that period and demonstrated some characteristics in the aspects of time and space distribution.
空间分布上呈现出南方比北方多，东部比西部多的特征。
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But we have not seen the earthquakes and famines and pestilences (incurable disease) occur at the same time in diverse places, like they are happening around us right now.