Question 7:

Part 1:
The Black Death started by a bacteria that was carried by rats wandering through out Europe. It spread very quickly and killed people almost instantly; therefore, it caused a lot of panic over the people of Europe. It was highly contagious, so you could get it without even being close to the person or people that had it. This spread meant that a lot of people were going to die in a very short time, thanks to the awful disease.

Part 2:
I am a physcians at the time of the Black Death. I have been called in to inform everybody about how serious this is and what it can do to your health. To begin, this disease is VERY contagious and spreads very quickly. It kills many people in one area, and then moves to the next area like a wave of mass destruction. It begins with tumors on the armpits or thighs called gavoccioli. Gavoccioli begins to spread itself across your entire body, and black spots begin to form on your arms, thighs, or other places, quickly growing in size. These are the major sign that death from this disease is coming.  A lot of people died within three days of receiving the plague. Since it is very contagious, you do not want to get near it as a physician; it is very hard to treat.

Part 3:
If a disease like the Black Death were to occur in the United States, people would get very panicked much like they did with the swine flu, only on a larger scale. It is a definite that the technology and medicine today is much more advanced than it was back then, so there is a possibility that scientists could create a vaccine that would protect you from getting the plague or erase it from you when you receive it.

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/boccacio2.html