Going Viral, Medieval Edition
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It wasn't actually the rats that caused the plague, fleas and other people were the largest vectors not rats. rats are actually really similar to cats and spend a lot of time cleaning themselves
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And to be fair, Europe thrived a lot more after the plague, since massive labour shortages meant the value of labour shot up dramatically, improving the quality of life and culminating in the Renaissance.
IIRC the plague was also the thing that invented surnames.
Before you were just John, but after you had to travel to other cities and there might already be a John so you became John Smith or John <nameofcity>
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The plague is actually what ended feudalism in Europe.
In the west! In the east? They switched to less laborious methods if need be, in fact laws were passed so that serf could no longer migrate away from their lords; making them the closest we have ever had to slavery with exception to the slaves we had
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It wasn't actually the rats that caused the plague, fleas and other people were the largest vectors not rats. rats are actually really similar to cats and spend a lot of time cleaning themselves
If a carrier's planes sink an enemy ship, is it not a kill for the carrier as well?
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If a carrier's planes sink an enemy ship, is it not a kill for the carrier as well?
wrote on last edited by [email protected]Iirc the plague killed rats too so the rat isn't exactly a willing carrier. Besides that logic works for human to human transmission too.
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Iirc the plague killed rats too so the rat isn't exactly a willing carrier. Besides that logic works for human to human transmission too.
I don't think rats are ever willingly carriers of disease. Almost no one is (except for very weird people)
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It was not the rats who bringed the plague but the flea/parasite what the rats hosted.
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I don't think rats are ever willingly carriers of disease. Almost no one is (except for very weird people)
I don't think rats are ever willingly carriers of disease.
Skavens lore it a nutshell.
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More of the fleas’ fault than the rats.
Yersinia pestis actually kills fleas. It causes a blockage in their intestines, causing them to starve. That means they will sting a lot in a futile attempt to get sustenance, but all that happens is that they regurgitate YP into the victim. It's a really neat mechanism but very unethical. I hope modern bioweapons labs have vegan alternatives.
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"Thriving" is a bit strong.
