The Black Plague

Ishi approached the problem by looking for weapons that could be delivered from altitude by aircraft causing massive outbreaks of epidemics. He knew it would make a deadly weapon if it could be harnessed It is highly infectious with an incubation period of three to four days sometimes up to a week The onset is abrupt with chills High fever and extreme weakness the eyes reddened the face becomes congested and the tongue coded Victims can become maniacally delirious and death may be rapid sometimes within one day Compared with some bacterial pathogens plague is only moderately infectious, but more virulent strains can be cultivated Plague could create casualties often out of all proportion to the number of bacteria disseminated Ishi deduced therefore