OK...here we go new thread.........The Black Death was a devastating pandemic that first struck Europe in the mid-14th century (1347–51), killing up to a third of Europe's population, an estimated 34 million people. A series of similar epidemics occurred across large portions of Asia and the Middle East during the same period, indicating that the European outbreak was actually part of a multi-regional pandemic........Wrath of god it was said to be.
Originally posted by Janus MariusWell at first they thought it was coming from the dogs and cats, so they burned them all, which made the rat population grow even larger. Later it was found that it was a disease carried by the fleas on the rats....Once the fleas got into your house, you were doomed....Fleas got into you bedding, clothes, hair.
The figures were that high? What about the causes? I heard fleas on rats.
Originally posted by Janus Marius
Spanish Flu outbreak was right after WWI, and it killed more people than the war itself, though I heard estimates of 30 million, not 100 million.
It was up to 100 million.. it was more than 30 mill anyway.. It is thought to be from 50 million to 100 million.. I think it was closer to 100 mill than 50 though.
lol for some reason im quite partial to the bubonic plague, not only does it have a neato name, but fleas, some of the smallest creatures living in houses today, brought the end of a massive amount of people in a very short time window.
aids sure its scary, but dont get cut and dont have sex and do introvenus drugs and bammo no aids.