CanadianAlerts t1_j52yve5 wrote on January 20, 2023 at 12:59 AM

Reply to comment by Rear-gunner in The Black Death may not have been spread by rats after all by Rear-gunner

So it was correct. Okay. Good.

I know that I shouldn't be judging a man who took this stuff in university, but I just needed to double check. Usually Reddit is correct, right?

CanadianAlerts t1_j52ornp wrote on January 19, 2023 at 11:49 PM

Reply to The Black Death may not have been spread by rats after all by Rear-gunner

Actually, my history teacher just taught us this yesterday (Eastern Timezone, to clarify).

The PowerPoint he had mentioned that it accordingly was fleas that dragged off of rats but it doesn't seem right to me. It even mentioned that it apparently still exists but it's so minor.

Seeing the PowerPoint he had - there was a photo of a guy's hand just completely turning black. If that is how it actually works it reminded me of a Russian Drug known as "Krokodril" (or something along that) which turns your skin into a Crocodile-like skin.