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.
Most are in the West, where the Yersinia pestis bacteria that causes plague lives in rats, squirrels and other rodents and the fleas that infest them. While the Black Death may have wiped out one-third of Europe's population in the 1300s, it couldn't happen today. Antibiotics are a very effective treatment.Today about 90% of plague victims who get prompt medical attention survive.hile the Black Death may have wiped out one-third of Europe's population in the 1300s, it couldn't happen today. Antibiotics are a very effective treatment. Today about 90% of plague victims who get prompt medical attention survive.