Wizard of Id by Parker and Hart for March 30, 2018

Bacteria need vectors to reach their full potential.

You have bloodsuckers in any age. Today’s bloodsuckers are called politicians and insurance companies. And what they spread today is just awful.

C’mon, Ernie, jump on his finger!

Fleas on loan from Dogs of C Kennel.

Id has French rats?

Still want to know, what’s your vector, Victor?

its really the flea’s esophagus’ fault. if it hadnt swollen shut he wouldnt keep biting everyone

Yeah! What are you, a “yersinia pestis” hater?

Actually, recent research has shown that it was HUMAN lice that spread the black death. Rattus rattus has been unfairly blamed for carrying fleas which caused the outbreak.

There was a medieval town that survived the Plague by leaving coins in small stone depressions in a well outside their town. The depressions had vinegar, disinfecting the coins. Compassionate, honest neighbors obeyed the edict to stay out of the town and gave supplies that the town paid for at the well. When the coast was clear, the townspeople picked up their supplies. They didn’t starve to death, unlike many other townspeople and cities. Would that more locations had done that.