630: Around the World in 80 Plagues- Bubonic, Pneumonic, Yersinia

In this episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh dive into a plague of a different sort, the Bubonic Plague and compare it to the pandemic of today. Along the way, they cover the 3 great waves of plague, the great mortality, the first italian quarantine, vector transmission, viral induced human evolution, , bubonic and pneumoic plague, flea puke, Nostradamus public health prophecies, history of the bird beaked plague doctors, the diary of Samuel Pepys, fart jars, and more. So sit back and relax as we spread info like the plague!

Sources
1) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1198743X14608582
2)https://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/objects-and-stories/medicine/bubonic-plague-first-pandemic

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