At first I attributed this to dumbfuckery but lately I’m again seeing more of these opinions but now from people who see it as an opportunity
The word “quarantine” originates from a Venetian policy that every single ship had to wait outside of port for 40 days to ensure nobody had the plague. I’m sure the antivax people would have no problem with such measures?
The Black Plague was truly a horror, but it DID break the back of Catholicism in Europe, so that’s nice. Every cloud has a silver lining
So sick of seeing confidently incorrect people opining, using historical examples, when they have never before cracked open a history book and have no idea of the context.
So sick of seeing confidently incorrect people opining, using historical examples, when they have never before cracked open a history book and have no idea of the context.
This has always been the case through history.
The issue is Twitter boosts them over less engaging experts. The new problem is the medium. Twitter is not a fair forum, and these takes trend deliberately.
…And I think its really important for scientists (or anyone who believes in science) to recognize that. With all due respect, I do not understand, with everything that’s happened, why they still keep using Twitter.
It didn’t disappear btw. The black death wasn’t 1 round of disease that killed everyone. There were waves of it and the big one in Europe wasn’t the first or last deadly outbreak. It is still around but thanks to antibiotics it is mostly a non issue.
When I was stationed in Colorado, we were doing our exercise in an open field of grass, rolling around, doing push-ups and sit-ups etc, when someone ran up and told the person running the formation that we needed to move because plague had been discovered in the prairie dog droppings all over the base, just like the ones we were apparently rolling around in
Fun times
It did not disappear. It’s still posting on social media.
Kind of rude to talk about Kanye like that
It also killed between 10% and 100% (average of a 3rd or so) of populated areas every 10 years for about 600 years. So ~3x longer than the US has been around.
In today’s installment of it’s always projection: This is why Republicans project that the left is a death cult.
Uhhh penecilin? Also i think its still around, its just easilly treatable
Let’s not get lost in the details
It’s Europe’s fault for being so weak. Better tell me how many Americans have died because of it!
I prefer people who survive the plague 🤷♂️
Does anyone have any recommendations on books about the black plague?
