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[–] 4 pts

Closest thing I could find to a source

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/265813241_Plagues_Poisons_and_Potions_Plague-Spreading_Conspiracies_in_the_Western_Alps_c_1530-1640_review

Claims that testimonies were obtained via torture and therefore suspect.
Personally I'm inclined to believe

[–] 3 pts

Pretty fascinating, wish I had the time to research this...same old stuff going on centuries ago.

[–] 2 pts

It’s interesting to me how they say that the testimonies were obtained via torture so they may not be valid yet they wouldn’t take that excuse during the Nuremberg trials which coincidentally also had confessions obtained via torture.

[–] 1 pt

If I remember correctly the plague was spread by fleas.

[–] 1 pt

Yes, it was spread by the (((fleas)))

[–] 1 pt

Many fled to rural areas. Sound familiar?