But the “host’s tribe wiped out” version is probably moot now. Transmitting a pathogen beyond one’s immediate “tribe” is surely much easier in airports full of friendly people than it was on footpaths connecting sometimes-hostile neighbors.
It’s still possible for a plague to be so virulent that it kills its host before he has a chance to spread it too widely. Ebola comes to mind.
It’s still possible for a plague to be so virulent that it kills its host before he has a chance to spread it too widely. Ebola comes to mind.