Tag: plague
Volcanoes, plague, famine and endless winter: Welcome to 536, what historians and scientists believe was the ‘worst year to be alive’
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It’s only February and already 2022 is shaping up badly. A huge volcanic eruption off the coast of Tonga, the prospect of...
Before epidemiologists began modelling disease, it was the job of astrologers
The internet is awash with comparisons between life during COVID-19 and life during the Bubonic plague. The two have many similarities, from the spread...
Fleas to flu to coronavirus: how ‘death ships’ spread disease through the ages
Cushing/Whitney Medical Library
One of the haunting images of this pandemic will be stationary cruise ships – deadly carriers of COVID-19 – at anchor in...