What COVID Taught us about the Black Death | Science of Health
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In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, it killed one in every 50 people who caught it—the Black Death killed 40 out of 50. Coronavirus is no laughing matter, but reassessing the plague through the lens of COVID-19 helps put both in perspective. Buckle up, historians; it's time for a paradigm shift.
00:00 Reassessing the Black Death
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