1. The Black Death was started in Europe by rats. It was started by the fleas that were on the Rat's back. The rats brought in the fleas which clung to humans. This started a raging sickness that wiped out a large amount of the population.
2. Symptoms of the plague were buboes which were bumps filled with puss that ooze and bleed. Most people in this condition ended up dying, but if the buboes were taken care of, there was a chance of survival. Next, the person would get a raging fever and throw up blood. Because most victims only lasted about seven days, there was not much that the doctors could do about it. There was not much that could be done to relive the discomfort, and it did not help that no one wanted to get near the infected ones. This was highly contagious and no one wanted to catch it.
3. I think that people in America would be afraid. Even though we are equip to deal with it, we probably would not be able to overcome it. When the Swine flu came out just about a year ago, people were already freaking out. Even though we were able to find a vaccine, it took a while. The plague spread so quickly that it would probably be very hard for us to be able to react so fast.
People would also not want to get near the sick person. Even when someone just has the flu, no one wants to catch it. Once one person got too close and received the disease, there would be no going back.
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