FLagellants
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People did many odd things thinking it would cure them of the disease. One odd thing people did and still do today thinking it will make their sins go away would be being in a religious cult called being a Flagellant. The first we heard of Flagellants was at Perugia in the year 1260. They were originally the brother hood of "Disciplinati di Gesù Cristo." They were known under different names by the locals (Battuti, Scopatori, Verberatori, etc.) but their practices were quite the same they were known to flog (whip) themselves until they bled or died.
THE FIrst case of biological warfare
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1346 Siege of Caffa
The people of Caffa were rejoicing when they heard that their Mongolian foes had been stricken with The Black Death. Their happiness was short lived because their foes had a brilliant idea to start flinging the sick dead bodies into the middle of the city. The bodies had piled up and the only idea the people of Caffa had was to try and get rid of the bodies. That didn't work in fact it spread the disease more because people had just been touching and carrying the dead plagued bodies. They tried to dump them in the water to get rid of the bodies.
The people of Caffa were rejoicing when they heard that their Mongolian foes had been stricken with The Black Death. Their happiness was short lived because their foes had a brilliant idea to start flinging the sick dead bodies into the middle of the city. The bodies had piled up and the only idea the people of Caffa had was to try and get rid of the bodies. That didn't work in fact it spread the disease more because people had just been touching and carrying the dead plagued bodies. They tried to dump them in the water to get rid of the bodies.