A huge fraction of the population wasn't in the cities and town at all, where the plague spread most virulently, and so their survivors didn't "inherit immunity." The best protection against the plague was to go to the country, as in rural Italy, France, England, etc. Those who escaped the plague in many cases were never actually exposed to the bacillus at all.On Thursday, 16 de January de 2003 02:20, Tyler Durden wrote:Actually, this may turn out to be more an academic issue than anything.And all westerns have some level of aquired imunity, for we are the
If someone wanted bubonic or pnuemonic samples, all he'd have to do is just
grab someone from the western hospitals that contract it each year.
Contrary to popular belief, it still exists, but we have effective
treatments against it. (Although when I was in China, there were cities in
southern Xinjiang that had a bad bubonic problem and had to be shut from
the outside world. Much worse was the HepA epidemic that hit Shanghai at
the time...stores and schools were oncverted into Hep wards, and you could
go there provided you brought your own bed.)
-TD
descendents of the plague survivors. (Actualy, in the dark ages, it wasn't
only one plague.. it was several plagues (mutants and new pathogens) that
spread wavelike through europe... the populations died mainly because of
sistematically reduced imunity)
And many parts of Europe were not hit by the plague even in the towns. Most of my ancestors came from Denmark, Norway, Scotland, and England, so at least 3/4 of them never saw the plague bacillus.
Furthermore, nearly all Caucasians who get exposed to plague from flea bites, as in the Four Corners of New Mexico, Arizon, Utah, Colorado, get the disease.
As for me, my plan for a news announcement that some disease is _really_ spreading (not counting anthrax issues, missing vials) is the same as its been for several years: make one last run to the grocery stores for last-minute supplies, stock up on gasoline for the generator, check my firearms, get the battery-powered shorrwave ready to go, and hunker down for the duration. Avoiding crowds, airplanes, population centers, hospitals, and relocation centers is the absolute best strategy. The virus or bacillus may be airborne, but the odds favor those who stay isolated missing the worst.
--Tim May
"That government is best which governs not at all." --Henry David Thoreau
