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Putting COVID-19 in some historical prospective. The Black Death
« on: May 15, 2020, 10:39:15 AM »
Shad gets into many of the misconceptions about the Black Death and that fact that there's a lot we don't know about it.
You could be dead within a couple of hours of the first symptoms. Imagine the effects 60% of the population dropping dead would have on the societal structure we have today.

Medieval Misconceptions: THE BLACK DEATH, one of the worst pandemics of history
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TGObcfp61M

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Re: Putting COVID-19 in some historical prospective. The Black Death
« Reply #1 on: May 15, 2020, 11:40:53 AM »
Interesting video

I was reading something the other day that there is a group of disease researchers that feel the "black death" was actually an Ebola type virus and the survivors of the "black death" have passed on inherited genetic material to the future generations and this is why we haven't had a "black death" outbreak in the modern era.

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Re: Putting COVID-19 in some historical prospective. The Black Death
« Reply #2 on: May 15, 2020, 01:09:35 PM »
Up next:   THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN.

97.1% Mortality rate.  [tinfoil]
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Re: Putting COVID-19 in some historical prospective. The Black Death
« Reply #3 on: May 15, 2020, 01:34:01 PM »
Quote from: TommyGunn on May 15, 2020, 01:09:35 PM
Up next:   THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN.

97.1% Mortality rate.  [tinfoil]

You gotta pump those numbers up.  Those are rookie numbers in this racket.
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Re: Putting COVID-19 in some historical prospective. The Black Death
« Reply #4 on: May 15, 2020, 01:46:39 PM »
Quote from: Fly320s on May 15, 2020, 01:34:01 PM
You gotta pump those numbers up.  Those are rookie numbers in this racket.

Maybe getting bitten by a super tick a few years ago will save me. I need everyone's addresses and safe combos, so I know where the guns are.
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Re: Putting COVID-19 in some historical prospective. The Black Death
« Reply #5 on: May 15, 2020, 01:55:16 PM »
Quote from: TommyGunn on May 15, 2020, 01:09:35 PM
Up next:   THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN.

97.1% Mortality rate.  [tinfoil]

Interestingly, you made it all the way through April without bringing up THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN.
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Re: Putting COVID-19 in some historical prospective. The Black Death
« Reply #6 on: May 15, 2020, 11:42:02 PM »
Quote from: fistful on May 15, 2020, 01:55:16 PM
Interestingly, you made it all the way through April without bringing up THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN.

 =D Do I get a gold star? ? ?   [popcorn]
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Re: Putting COVID-19 in some historical prospective. The Black Death
« Reply #7 on: May 16, 2020, 12:48:06 AM »
Quote from: charby on May 15, 2020, 01:46:39 PM
Maybe getting bitten by a super tick a few years ago will save me. I need everyone's addresses and safe combos, so I know where the guns are.

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Re: Putting COVID-19 in some historical prospective. The Black Death
« Reply #8 on: May 16, 2020, 08:05:14 AM »
What about Captain Tripps?
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Re: Putting COVID-19 in some historical prospective. The Black Death
« Reply #9 on: May 16, 2020, 10:46:57 PM »
Quote from: sumpnz on May 16, 2020, 12:48:06 AM
13920 Magnolia Blvd.
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Apparently my humor is a little too subtle for y'all.  The address is for Dick van Patten's fan mail. He's the actor that played King Roland in Spaceballs.
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