[ClearCase_guy]

Anthrax is another bacterial disease. It comes from fungus found in dirt and is typically picked up by grazing animals (cattle, sheep). People who work with these animals (sheep shearing, etc.) can easily be exposed through inhalation.

In the Middle Ages, wool was a major industry, and anthrax was probably something of a common problem.

But that has nothing to do with the Ebola virus.

[SoCal Pubbie]

I know it doesn’t. I was simply mentioning it as an example of what some claim were side by side diseases causing the Black Death.