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eppur_se_muova

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1. PBS' American Experience aired an interesting episoce, "Plague at the Golden Gate", about an outbreak in SF ...

Reply to NNadir (Original post)

Sat May 31, 2025, 06:59 AM

May 31

at the beginning of the last century. It was surprising that the outbreak never became a full-fledged pandemic, as many feared at the time. Apparently a minor difference in the feeding mechanisms of different species of fleas meant that the disease never spread as readily as in previous pandemics.

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/plague-golden-gate/

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A Single Gene Shaped the Deadly History of Plague [View all] NNadir May 31 OP

PBS' American Experience aired an interesting episoce, "Plague at the Golden Gate", about an outbreak in SF ... eppur_se_muova May 31 #1

I'm impressed as hell that you could translate this from the French. 3catwoman3 May 31 #2

Thanks for sharing this. ❤️👍 littlemissmartypants May 31 #3