Generally, a person may be punished for sedition only when he or she makes statements that create a Clear and Present Danger to rights that the government may lawfully protect (schenck v. united states, 249 U.S. 47, 39 S. Ct. 247, 63 L. Ed. 470 [1919]).
The epidemic reached its zenith in the years 1348 to 1350, though the disease never vanished entirely. It is widely believed that the cause of the Black Death was bubonic plague, an infectious and fatal illness spread by rodents and the fleas infesting them.
The Black Death itself caused more than 30 percent of the population in Europe and the Middle East to die (Doc. 2). It was described as the end of the world when people died by the hundreds each day (Doc. 3). The plague presented itself to Europe in 1348 and to Muslim lands during 1348 and 1349 (Doc.1).