I remember watching a documentary about a Greek town where they would send people with Leprosy. Why was leprosy such a big deal if 95% of people are immune to it?
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Back in ye old days leprosy was used to describe a wide variety of skin disorders, only some of which we would today call leprosy. So “leprosy” could have meant actual leprosy or just some other dermal condition they either thought was leprosy, or didn’t have a separate word for.
But it was a bigger deal back then because if you did get it you were in trouble. Leprosy causes you to develop wounds you cannot feel. These wounds then become infected, and 500 years ago there weren’t antibiotics and things weren’t super sanitary.
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