from A Journal of the Plague Year

it talked about how a plague had returned to holland and how he experienced it and since there was no printed newspapers to spread rumors and reports on what was happening, the only way to let everybody know was by mouth but when people did talked about it nobody believed nobody. so the plague began soon where two man had died of it in december 1664 the at that point people were starting to get concerned and begin to alarm everybody but it was too late anyways and people started to die from the plague.

i think it was just terrible how the plague had began without anybody knowing of it only becuase they didnt have for printed newspapers to alarm them and died of the plague, i think that was something they really needed back to help the people out .