Let's review another youtube video by The Infographics Show, yes that lot again... they have 14 million subscribers.
This one is called:
How Did Bubonic Plague (Black Death) Actually End?
It was seen by almost 5 million people...
Can you see the first error already? x.com
This one is called:
How Did Bubonic Plague (Black Death) Actually End?
It was seen by almost 5 million people...
Can you see the first error already? x.com
Yes, of course.
The plague doctor with the bird beak mask wasn't around during the Black Death. x.com
The plague doctor with the bird beak mask wasn't around during the Black Death. x.com
Also, the title is already misleading.
The Black Death was a specific outbreak of the bubonic (and pneumonic) plague, so Black Death & Bubonic Plague don't mean the same.
Mixing them up is like saying war in general is the same as the second world war. x.com
The Black Death was a specific outbreak of the bubonic (and pneumonic) plague, so Black Death & Bubonic Plague don't mean the same.
Mixing them up is like saying war in general is the same as the second world war. x.com
Just completely ignoring the middle east & Africa where it also killed millions.
Don't those parts of the world not count?
Do those people not count? x.com
Don't those parts of the world not count?
Do those people not count? x.com
A third of the world?
Is Eurasia that big?
So without the middle east, Africa and oh you know, the other places that were actually not affected at all, like the Americas, it still killed a third of the entire world? x.com
Is Eurasia that big?
So without the middle east, Africa and oh you know, the other places that were actually not affected at all, like the Americas, it still killed a third of the entire world? x.com
The animator/illustrator doesn't seem to have done any research regarding fashion or interior design of the 14th century.
I especially like that side table lamp... x.com
I especially like that side table lamp... x.com
The BD was mostly spread by fleas on humans, the idea that it was only or mostly the rats is considered outdated by quite a few historians & experts.
But here the BD story starts when rats flea a ship in Italy, yes totally ignoring years of BD killing countless elsewhere. x.com
But here the BD story starts when rats flea a ship in Italy, yes totally ignoring years of BD killing countless elsewhere. x.com
This is just annoying.
Look at how hard they're trying to show that the BD was just an European thing.
Compare it with this map, which is flawed and desperately needs an update, but at least shows that it was a much more international disaster: x.com
Look at how hard they're trying to show that the BD was just an European thing.
Compare it with this map, which is flawed and desperately needs an update, but at least shows that it was a much more international disaster: x.com
Calling it the black plague is also silly for someone making a documentary on the topic.
It's either the Black Death or the bubonic/pneumonic/septicaemic plague, but black plague is not really the right term for the disease or the specific 14th century outbreak. x.com
It's either the Black Death or the bubonic/pneumonic/septicaemic plague, but black plague is not really the right term for the disease or the specific 14th century outbreak. x.com
The most recent thoughts are that the fleas were mostly spread by humans, because it spread so fast, faster than rats would have been able to spread it.
Rats often still get the blame, but it was spread by fleas on humans, goods and most animals. x.com
Rats often still get the blame, but it was spread by fleas on humans, goods and most animals. x.com
The bubonic plague struck Europe long before the Black Death, the Romans had an outbreak that killed millions as well.
Although the word quarantine does come from the Italian practice during the black death, it's also in the bible and temporary isolation was not a new thing. x.com
Although the word quarantine does come from the Italian practice during the black death, it's also in the bible and temporary isolation was not a new thing. x.com
Improving sanitation didn't help much, throwing filth out of windows (mostly a myth) & cleaning your house won't keep fleas out, all this wouldn't have much impact till we got access to vacuum cleaners, chemical products & well isolated homes. x.com
Fleas don't care if you've washed your hands.
Washing hands will of course help you not spread the plague if you've just rubbed your hands over a dying, puss spewing plague victim, but medieval people were already washing their hands quite a lot. x.com
Washing hands will of course help you not spread the plague if you've just rubbed your hands over a dying, puss spewing plague victim, but medieval people were already washing their hands quite a lot. x.com
Funny, after a long video about how the plague ended, claiming that it was because of hygiene and mentioning that it evolved to be less viral, they only mention the real reason the plague is no longer wiping us all out in great numbers is the invention of antibiotics in the last seconds.
At least the video has a list of sources, that's commendable and sadly quite rare on youtube.
pastebin.com x.com
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Finally, if you want to hear the most up to date & recent ideas on the Black Death's origin & how it spread I'd like to recommend this lecture by Professor Johannes Krause from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology:
youtu.be
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