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[–] BetaBlake@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It wasn't actually the rats that caused the plague, fleas and other people were the largest vectors not rats. rats are actually really similar to cats and spend a lot of time cleaning themselves

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If a carrier's planes sink an enemy ship, is it not a kill for the carrier as well?

[–] CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Iirc the plague killed rats too so the rat isn't exactly a willing carrier. Besides that logic works for human to human transmission too.

[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I don't think rats are ever willingly carriers of disease. Almost no one is (except for very weird people)

[–] daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I don't think rats are ever willingly carriers of disease.

Skavens lore it a nutshell.

Even they don't really like the Nurgle Rats. There's an appropriate amount of plague spreading and they get way too into it!