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[Games of Thrones/ASOIAF] Is Greyscale their version of leprosy?
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There are similarities, but leprosy doesn't have an end state where you turn into a rabid zombie-type figure.  Leprosy is named after lepra, latin for 'scaly', but while leprosy gradual numbness in the skin and can shorten fingers and toes, it doesn't touch the mind.  By contrast greyscale victims gradually turn insane until they attack everyone they see.  Leprosy's also not as contagious.