Quote Originally Posted by Aaron A Aardvark
Look on the bright side - it culls your excess population.
That´s the weirdest thing, actually. By the time the Black Death arrives, my cities usually are the size so they go to yellow status, even on low taxes. As soon as the plague hits and kills off the first batch, they go up to green
I think at least for the duration of the Plague public order should take a massive hit. On the one hand, the public security forces are drastically reduced (think about it, they move all about the city and especially those parts likely to be affected by the plague) and when you´re likely to die the next day anyways, why bother with such niceties like law?