Excavating Black Death Skeletons: Researchers conclude Black Death spread by air-borne pathogens | |
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beeches User ID: 28167778 United States 03/30/2014 07:15 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Excavating Black Death Skeletons: Researchers conclude Black Death spread by air-borne pathogens Looking at the photo, the victim appears to have been young with good teeth. pneumonic (airborne) plague WOULD spread faster than through an animal vector (fleas on rats). Did I read right, this is very similar to the DNA of the outbreak in Africa right now???? Liberalism is totalitarianism with a human face – Thomas Sowell |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 56222816 United Kingdom 03/30/2014 07:20 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Excavating Black Death Skeletons: Researchers conclude Black Death spread by air-borne pathogens Interesting - I know that at Eton school they made every single pupil smoke tobacco, as it was observed that smokers were less likely to get the plague. Meaning........... that the increased mucous lining the lungs probably kept the airborne virus? from penetrating the cells. |
waxonwaxoff (OP) User ID: 56216434 Spain 03/30/2014 07:38 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Excavating Black Death Skeletons: Researchers conclude Black Death spread by air-borne pathogens Interesting - I know that at Eton school they made every single pupil smoke tobacco, as it was observed that smokers were less likely to get the plague. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 56222816 Meaning........... that the increased mucous lining the lungs probably kept the airborne virus? from penetrating the cells. Interesting, I saw this today: West Nile virus may have met its match: tobacco [link to www.theverge.com] |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 56222816 United Kingdom 03/30/2014 08:08 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Excavating Black Death Skeletons: Researchers conclude Black Death spread by air-borne pathogens Interesting - I know that at Eton school they made every single pupil smoke tobacco, as it was observed that smokers were less likely to get the plague. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 56222816 Meaning........... that the increased mucous lining the lungs probably kept the airborne virus? from penetrating the cells. Could explain why TPTB are so eager to get everyone to stop smoking. |