Black death of 1330 killed 5 million in Wuhan province, and spread to Iran, Italy, Europe, etc.

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  • Original source of "Black Death" was bacteria of fleas on marmots

  • “It is, perhaps, no coincidence that, in the past two decades, China has been the origin of SARS, the swine flu, and now the Covid-19 coronavirus. Nor should we be surprised that Iran and Italy have emerged, once more, as waypoints for pandemic spread”

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  • “Some historians believe the innumerable deaths brought on by the plague cooled the climate by freeing up land and triggering reforestation. This may have led to the Little Ice Age”

  • Wikipedia does not identify the source of Black Death


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