As deaths mounted, some turned to God for help. Men and women gave all they had to the church, hoping that God would shield them from illness — or at least reward them with heavenly life if they died.
हजारो यात्रेकरू मग रोमला जाऊ लागले — याद्वारे नकळत त्यांनी प्लेगचाही प्रसार केला.