#Plague

Lalo Dagach

LaloDagach

~ THREAD ON PLAGUES & PANDEMICS FROM CHINA The recent outbreak of #coronavirus (or SARS-CoV-2) originating in China is nothing new. Many of the great plagues and pandemics that

Maggie Koerth

maggiekb1

Little (dark) story on this. Years ago, on a rainy day in Paris, I stumbled into a museum to get dry. It was @museecluny and turned out to be a

Brun0Barking

Bruno062418

3 pm Beijing time?3 pm was the very moment Darkness descended upon the world, as Jesus took our sin upon Himself and God our Father accepted His sacrificial payment on

Avery Trufelman

trufelman

In the 1300’s Italians believed that people with the plague died within 37 days. So people and shipments coming to Venice had to wait outside the city gates for 40

Mateusz Fafinski

Calthalas

Ok, ok, fine. Why can’t an event usher a new historical period but it can belong to one or another. A thread on the ontology of the past. 1/

Michael Govern Ready

mikegove12

Extracts from the plague diary of Mark ne-Francois-PepysMay 25thUp, and after visiting Barnard Castle to headbutt the virus, back down the A1 to White Hall with my petition to introduce

Anna Martin

AnnaCLST6

For my #CYO2 in #CLST6, I will be talking about Johannes Krause’s lecture titled, “The Genetic History of Plague: On the Doorstep to the Ancient Eastern Mediterranean.” Johannes Krause is

Sarah Kendzior

sarahkendzior

I've quoted this passage from Trump -- where he states his intent to cause riots and US economic collapse -- so many times. He flat-out announced it. In my new

Inside Edition

InsideEdition

There was nothing Spanish about the flu, nor was there widespread media coverage of the mysterious virus that killed the young and middle-aged in devastating numbers.We explore the hidden plague

Michael Govern Ready

mikegove12

Extracts from the plague diary of Mark ne-Francois-Pepys15th July 1665Up pretty betimes to my Sugar Puffs made with Monster and due to Hartley-Brewer’s efforts with the smoothing press I am

Keith Holmes

KeithHo56221065

https://twitter.com/DrDomPimenta/status/1381596861547610112?s=20 The zero covid crew like to paint this picture that if we don’t eliminate the virus via NPI’s something never done before that we will despite incredibly efficacious vacci

Jakub K

jakub_kwie

Have you see this story about a saint named CORONA, the alleged guardian #saint against #epidemic from @atlasobscura? Well, let me offer you a couple more interesting epidemic-related saints (a

Aidan Prince

Prince18An

(1) In the 0.01% chance that someone sees this thread and decides to share it with others, or the 0.01% that quarantine protesters see this, OR the 0.01% chance that

Chris Stantis, PhD

ChrisStantis

First of @PhysAnth's monthly webinars, on the evolution of health and history of human diseases. #AAPAWebinars is the hashtag I think First up is @monicaMedHist, a medical historian of the

manvir singh

mnvrsngh

Grand narratives of history often center on interactions among ideas, polities, & Great Individuals (esp. Great Men). But one of the important & overlooked actors is disease! Here are some

Shveta શ્વેતા 💖

ShvetaThakrar

If you read my work, you know how vital language and imagery are to me. Even as I revise #DreamyNovel, I can't help polishing the sentences, never mind that line