User blog comment:EiplecOco/Bubonic plus Pneumonic/@comment-32656-20140331152221/@comment-32656-20140403113059

I would call it worse, yes. Rabies only spreads under some very specific conditions, and is very rare. Not going to become a pandemic. Influenza, however, does. It also is easily contagious, and sickens just about everyone that comes into contact with it. Death toll is kinda irrelevant.

One bad change with influenza, and millions die. Not going to happen with rabies.