Talk:Black Death
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editSeveral poorly written sentences and sections make the article needlessly complex.
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It is recognised that an epidemiological account of plague is as important as an identification of symptoms, but researchers are hampered by the lack of reliable statistics from this period.
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Researchers are hampered by a lack of reliable statistics from this period.
A research in 2018 challenged the popular hypothesis that "infected rats died, their flea parasites could have jumped from the recently dead rat hosts to humans". It suggested an alternative model in which "the disease was spread from human fleas and body lice to other people".
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In 2018 researchers suggested an alternative model in which ""the disease was spread from human fleas and body lice to other people".
The most authoritative contemporary account is found in a report from the medical faculty in Paris to Philip VI of France. It blamed the heavens, in the form of a conjunction of three planets in 1345 that caused a "great pestilence in the air" (miasma theory).
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Philip VI of France wrote in 1355 that a conjunction of planets had caused "a great pestilence in the air" (miasma theory).
--and so on. It would be worth doing a full pass on this article for clarity and I am willing to do so if allowed. VHarbee (talk) 15:32, 25 October 2023 (UTC)
- I'd like to add this example which I came across while reading the article, which was both difficult to parse and definitely inaccurate (at least in regards to linked articles).
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- Early Christians considered bathing a temptation. With this danger in mind, St. Benedict declared, "To those who are well, and especially to the young, bathing shall seldom be permitted." St. Agnes took the injunction to heart and died without ever bathing.
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- St. Agnes of Rome lived ~3 centuries before St. Benedict, so the phrase "took the injunction to heart" is definitely false. 64.46.14.251 (talk) 22:19, 6 February 2024 (UTC)
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Change "An estimate of the case fatality rate for the modern bubonic plague, after the introduction of antibiotics, is 11%, although it may be higher in underdeveloped regions." to "An estimate of the case fatality rate for the modern plague, after the introduction of antibiotics, is 11%, although it may be higher in underdeveloped regions." (removing the word "bubonic"). The case fatality ratio linked appears to refer to plague in general, rather than just the bubonic form. Wizzeh (talk) 06:02, 14 February 2024 (UTC)
b 2A00:23C8:CAB:AD00:B7C3:EDB1:9DCE:1FEA (talk) 19:02, 14 May 2024 (UTC)
Is there any room (in this article) for a mention of the currently noticeable as well as medically significant genetic changes that were presumably impulsed by Black Death's dramatic toll?
editHello, here is what I am talking about: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05349-x 83.202.216.238 (talk) 08:25, 6 August 2024 (UTC)
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The Black Death is known as the deadliest plague which started in 1346 and ended in 1353 5.30.182.159 (talk) 13:40, 13 November 2024 (UTC)
Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Myrealnamm's Alternate Account (talk) 16:55, 13 November 2024 (UTC)
