The English town that stopped the plague | BBC Global

The bubonic plague has been identified in the US for the first time in nearly a decade. But, thanks to modern medicine, it is much less deadly than it was in the past.

When The Great Plague struck 17th century England, one rural community took decisive action that still fascinates historians centuries later.

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[Bobaklives]

Well made, enjoy the brevity combined with well-selected visuals — tells the story efficiently and then wraps up.

[cedley]

Beautiful little village, well worth a visit, the surrounding countryside is amazing too.

[EileenHall-jf]

Eyam is such a beautiful spot, lost in time, very atmospheric. Wish people cared as much for their neighbors today.

[johnleos]

Love the music chosen for the background! Interesting story, very enlightened people for that time period! I look forward to more videos of History! 😃🇺🇸

[southwestsearch]

Bravo!!
For the intuitive and initiative.

[beztoop]

Visit if you can ... beautiful village very atmospheric and quite sobering to think how many people paid the ultimate price to halt to the infection.

[domcarter]

Always remember going on a school trip here back in primary school

[charlotteillustration]

I would be interested to know how many of the villagers survived at the end.

[piggugudu]

It was a heavy sacrifice… I visited and you can see in front of so many houses a plaque commemorating those who passed :( but it’s amazing the precautions they took, in a time far before germ theory. And their descendants have some recompense in the form of a slightly stronger immune response to certain sicknesses, if I remember correctly.

[esotericautist]

They enacted a local lockdown and used social distancing to combat the spread of the bacterium.

[mgtf]

Interesting place. Well worth a visit.

[Pallethands]

It's stories like these that make me think it wasn't the bubonic plague but the pneumonic plague.

[TQQQ]

What brings a family, it’s love inside.

[fioname]

We lost 5 family members at Eyam during this time - I’m a direct descendant.

[jeangoodenough]

As a child I was very impressed when I read the book 'The Brave Men of Eyam'.

[Fomites]

It's interesting that they had the insight (or perhaps it was an educated guess) to use vinegar to disinfect the coins. This was about 200 years before it was understood that microbes were the cause of infections. Although in this case it probably would not have made much difference because the infection is transmitted by flea bite.

[d.l.l.]

I could hear this better if you didn’t play loud music that drowns out the voice. Why do we all have to keep saying Otherwise, coherent presentation.

[lauraskonce]

The novel Year of Wonders, by Geraldine Brooks is based on this village.

[mangoldm]

I would call the villagers actions self interest, not self sacrifice. And good for them.

[백인줄어든다]

Huk no subtitles! I cry as an english learner