[Mohoender]

Jest

I agree with you but I would simply expect the plague to kill at least twice as much. Especially in the West where no one has faced the plague for a long time. If a black plague breaks out in our countries after a nuclear armageddon, I would expect the death rate to reach at least 50% of the survivors much as it did in the 14th century. Actually, you have a very good point, the inhability of people to recognize it might make it even more deadly.

The death rate of a black plague could be something like 10 times that of the worse flu. An exception to that, however, could be a mutated version of H5N1. From what I read, so far it killed about 60% of the humans that have been infected. That would compare to the black death but we don't know (and don't want to know) what the result could be if a larger number of people were to get it.

Nevertheless, as stated in the game the various epidemics appearing everywhere would have a devastating effect. I find the figures of T2013 a little harsh (especially in term of gameplay) but I find that of T2K to be underestimated. As a a matter of fact, I often consider that the casualties are about 50% higher than the ones indicated per cannon. As an exemple, in my game, the number of survivors in the US is only around 80 million (out of 300+).