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[–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

Plaque isn't spread by corpses, but by fleas

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    https://historycollection.com/mongols-used-plague-biological-weapon/

    It also is spread by the buboes on the bodies that rupture and spread infected pus and bloos. Throw a bunch of bodies over a wall and one will eventually infect someone inside, who will infect everyone else.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    I mean... theorethically it could have helped spread it to the particular city, but I don't think that would've influenced the epidemic spread of the disease much. Locked-in besieged cities would -in themselves- been prime locations for the disease to teke hold.

    In fact, your own article basicly states as much:

    However, there’s no reason to tie the biological attack at Caffa with the introduction of the disease.

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