A VERY interesting hypothosis on PLAGUE

[Tartar Horde]

The rate of infection and speed of spreading was the key into discovering the main killer was Pneumonic plague, rather than Bubonic, although both are very bad and will ruin your day.
The old nursery rhyme "A ring a ring of Roses, a pocket full of posies, atishoo, atishoo we all fall down" describes Pneumonic plague quite well. A posie was a scented bundle of herbs people would smell, as the belief was that bad smells carried the plague, also where the word Malaria comes from (bad air). I note this morning that Ebola has now spread to neighbouring countries, and if this little beastie becomes airborne it could be very bad indeed, no known cure and up to 70% fatal, makes the Black death look almost benign. Interestingly the latest outbreak of Ebola has been traced to Bats which are eaten as "bushmeat", Ebola exists naturally in the fruit Bat population without causing any harm to the Bat host.