{"id":11590,"date":"2022-01-24T02:11:18","date_gmt":"2022-01-24T02:11:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/?p=11590"},"modified":"2022-01-24T02:24:51","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T02:24:51","slug":"how-did-the-bubonic-plague-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/how-did-the-bubonic-plague-end\/","title":{"rendered":"How did the Bubonic Plague end?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_twitter_via = \"datebytype\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"datebytype\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"How did the Bubonic Plague end?\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube aligncenter wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Why and how did the bubonic plague end?\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kWpoiBhZqb4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption> The Black Death was a bubonic plague pandemic occurring in Afro-Eurasia from 1346 to 1353. It is the most fatal pandemic recorded in human history, causing the death of 75\u2013200 million people in Eurasia and North Africa, peaking in Europe from 1347 to 1351. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> The most popular theory of how the plague ended is&nbsp;<strong>through the implementation of quarantines<\/strong>. The uninfected would typically remain in their homes and only leave when it was necessary, while those who could afford to do so would leave the more densely populated areas and live in greater isolation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-wordpress wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-rh-negative-blood-and-people\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"ijAuFHymsW\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/plague-in-bronze-age-eurasia\/\">Plague in Bronze Age Eurasia<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Plague in Bronze Age Eurasia&#8221; &#8212; The Rh Negative Blog\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/plague-in-bronze-age-eurasia\/embed\/#?secret=8CXfZ1JPyp#?secret=ijAuFHymsW\" data-secret=\"ijAuFHymsW\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Considering the severity of the Black Death, people less likely settled for 6-foot-rules and wearing a mask while waiting for their meal in an indoor restaurant. They probably were very serious about finding as much distance as they could from other human beings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It also need to be mentioned that world population was far lower during that time, so population was far less dense. People could retrieve to their farms and live in self-sufficient isolation. Regardless of what variants popped up, they wouldn&#8217;t spread easily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/4\/4e\/1346-1353_spread_of_the_Black_Death_in_Europe_map.svg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption> Map showing the spread of the Black Death in Europe between 1346 and 1353.<br><br> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>But did you know that the  plague repeatedly returned to haunt Europe and the Mediterranean throughout the 14th to 17th centuries.&nbsp;According to Jean-No\u00ebl Biraben, the plague was present somewhere in Europe in every year between 1346 and 1671. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The third plague pandemic (1855\u20131859) started in China in the mid-19th century, spreading to all inhabited continents and killing 10 million people in India alone.&nbsp;The investigation of the pathogen that caused the 19th-century plague was begun by teams of scientists who visited Hong Kong in 1894, among whom was the French-Swiss bacteriologist&nbsp;Alexandre Yersin, after whom the pathogen was named.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-wordpress wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-rh-negative-blood-and-people\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"qme5WewAH7\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/history-of-pandemics\/\">The History of Pandemics<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;The History of Pandemics&#8221; &#8212; The Rh Negative Blog\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/history-of-pandemics\/embed\/#?secret=2oVJou4Plw#?secret=qme5WewAH7\" data-secret=\"qme5WewAH7\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Twelve plague outbreaks in Australia between 1900 and 1925 resulted in well over 1,000 deaths, chiefly in Sydney. This led to the establishment of a Public Health Department there which undertook some leading-edge research on plague transmission from rat fleas to humans via the bacillus&nbsp;<em>Yersinia pestis<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first North American plague epidemic was the&nbsp;San Francisco plague of 1900\u20131904, followed by another outbreak in 1907\u20131908.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A further outbreak in Madagascar was reported in November 2014.&nbsp;In October 2017 the&nbsp;deadliest outbreak of the plague&nbsp;in modern times hit Madagascar, killing 170 people and infecting thousands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An estimate of the&nbsp;case fatality rate&nbsp;for the modern&nbsp;bubonic plague, following the introduction of&nbsp;antibiotics, is 11%, although it may be higher in underdeveloped regions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-wordpress wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-rh-negative-blood-and-people\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"u4sLWout6T\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/covid-19-how-did-the-spanish-flu-end\/\">How did the Spanish Flu end?<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;How did the Spanish Flu end?&#8221; &#8212; The Rh Negative Blog\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/covid-19-how-did-the-spanish-flu-end\/embed\/#?secret=LMbRABKbX2#?secret=u4sLWout6T\" data-secret=\"u4sLWout6T\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_twitter_via = \"datebytype\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"datebytype\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"How did the Bubonic Plague end?\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_twitter_via = \"datebytype\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"datebytype\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"How did the Bubonic Plague end?\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>The most popular theory of how the plague ended is&nbsp;through the implementation of quarantines. The uninfected would typically remain in their homes and only leave when it was necessary, while those who could afford to do so would leave the more densely populated areas and live in greater isolation. Considering the severity of the Black Death, people less likely settled for 6-foot-rules and wearing a mask while waiting for their meal in an indoor restaurant. They probably were very serious about finding as much distance as they could from other human beings. It also need to be mentioned that world population was far lower during that time, so population was far less dense. 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