What Started the Torment?

         Rats! It all started with diseased rats. The rats got bitten by fleas, which then contracted the horrid disease. The plague traveled from Asia to Europe. The fleas would sometime bite humans, infecting them with the hopeless and cruel disease. None who got this plague recovered.

          The first signs of the Black Death were found on one’s armpits. Disgusting! Huge black welts would appear. At that point, a victim was expected to live for only 48 brief hours. Over 30% died from this terrible tragedy. Think about it! An estimated 75 million people! It’s just horrible in my opinion. All those people died from just one disease. One little disease that, now, we could probably have found a cure for.

          The Black Death spread life wild-fire, burning a path of destruction in its path. The Central Asaic Platue was even said to be “one big epidemic area”. Most tried to flea, but the plague was almost everywhere. Whole towns were abandoned. The Black Death even wiped out all of Iceland! Not just most, but all. Some families were lucky enough to escape this tragedy and continued on living. The plague did not spread through the air so some people remained safe.