Generally, a person may be punished for sedition only when he or she makes statements that create a Clear and Present Danger to rights that the government may lawfully protect (schenck v. united states, 249 U.S. 47, 39 S. Ct. 247, 63 L. Ed. 470 [1919]).
The epidemic reached its zenith in the years 1348 to 1350, though the disease never vanished entirely. It is widely believed that the cause of the Black Death was bubonic plague, an infectious and fatal illness spread by rodents and the fleas infesting them.
Estimates put the death toll of the Black Death or plague around 25  Million, or 25-50% of the population of Europe. The plague was  first noted in 1347 and carried on for aâ¦bout 3 or 4 years until  1350/51. It is hard to say exactly how many were killed per year,  but based on the above information I would estimate about 8.33  Million died each year during the plagues prominence in Europe.  ANSWER This much is true for Europe.