Thread:Ralok/@comment-8944282-20130602051419/@comment-5607198-20130604020310

remember you said you need to do research on the black plague?

rat bites didnt spread the plague, FLEA bites did. Black death is a blood disease.

however, in doing my own research to confirm my response, I DID come across "Septicemic plague".

the symptoms are as follows: uncontrolled blood clots in the skin causing tissue death, uncontrolled bleeding (the body's clotting resources having been depleted) in the organs and skin, violent vomiting of blood, fever, and severe pain. It presents with sores and spots, and is almost 100% fatal unless treated early with the proper medicine, which then successfully cures up to 96% of cases.

It is spread to rats through fleas... and to humans through rat bites.

Sounds AWFULLY close to the Weepers, doesnt it?