Why Everything We Know About the Black Death Is Wrong

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Writing: Steven Rix
Editing: Joshua Hallsworth

[willygracia]

Thoughty2, keeping alive the stock footage industry in these trying times.

[ZaneEckols]

I have a strange feeling that the dancing plague doctor in this video is actually Thoughty2 himself

[TheJollySoviet]

So I know it's been a while since he uploaded this, but I figure it's better late than never to comment this. He didn't discuss it here, but the Mongols are actually directly responsible (at least in part) for the black death's spread.
While besieging Caffa, Khan Jani Berg had already been dealing with an outbreak of the plague himself. So, as any sane Khan would do, he gathered up the infected bodies and catapulted them over Caffa's walls in one of the earliest acts of biological warfare. From there a ship loaded with infected cargo escaped and made its way to Sicily.
On top of this, the Mongols also had control of the silk road, which no doubt heavily facilitated the plague's spread

[juliakaz]

Imagine dying from the plague delirious from fever having your doctor dressed in a demonic bird costume 😳

[breadfanta]

"Hey, do you remember the Black Death?"
"Yeah lol"
"This is a great conversation"

[oldsteve]

I remember being taught at school 47 years ago that, the Black Death was a combination of, Bubonic, Pneumonic and Septicemic plague and was only thought to be Bubonic because this had the most visible symptoms. It turns out they are all caused by the same bacteria infecting different areas. My teacher was not a fan of blaming the rats even then but admitted he did not have a better explanation.

[IronForceGaming]

I congratulate this man for correctly identifying tiktok as a virus.

[kylebrown]

I can’t be the only one who finds this entire channel genuinely relaxing i feel like family

[LetsbeHonestOfficial]

Norwegian here.
There where rats with fleas on them on a ship that came to our second largest city, Bergen, in 1349. Back then the city was called Bjørgvin.
There was even written a book about called ''Det kom et skip til Bjørgvin i 1349'' (There came a ship to Bjørgvin in 1349).

[Kunjo]

Thoughty2’s moustache can save us from any pandemic

[ryancornwell]

Have they ever proposed a simple mutation that occurs where it starts pneumonic but then evolves quickly into bubonic so it would spread between people before they really knew they had it.

[patrickmcdonald]

"No animals covered as much ground in those days as we did. " I would like to point out that migrating birds and insects would have us beat on average by a long shot. And also the humble coconut. I do suggest that coconuts migrate.

[gerardcousineau]

What you're saying really hits me. My youngest daughter was breeding the most beautiful rats of all colors and all tempers, even the dumbo rats who are probably the most gentle of all. My point is this I never saw them with flea or lice. Experts at the time told me they are usually not affected by those. What is even more amazing is their is different types of fleas, most of them today are specific to cats and dogs. But yes they were fleas that were specific to humans before, these are perhaps extinct now. Anecdotally circus were paying money for human fleas in the last century, they were getting very rare. Human fleas make very much sense as a vector for the black plague.

[offtherip]

I actually always thought the Black Death was airborne or at least through fluids. Because I always wondered how so many people were getting bit by fleas daily. Now I learn that I was wrong at first but maybe right in the long run lol

[maywenearedhel]

I kept on saying "humans had fleas" the entire video, and then when Thoughty2 finally got to it, I nodded happily. Yep.

[nindysidhu]

I would love to have been this guys lecturer at college or uni, just to read this guys essays and assignments. They would be a refreshing read, no doubt.

[jacksmedullaoblongata]

You've mastered the art of transition and integration of your content with your sponsors. Bravo. Make hay while the sun shines!❤

[kcz]

Meanwhile in 2695 year: Why Everything We Know About the Corona Virus Is Wrong

[BobFudgee]

I dare say this man's mustache is magnificent

[jevana]

You forget, too, that during this time was the Golden Horde knocking on eastern europe's door. Warfare = movement of populations = spread of diseases got even worse, considering that the Plague originally came from asia. so 1) there WERE the southern ports that did trade routes to asia that brought in the Plague but 2) there was also the eastern european-asian vector of the spread of the disease. I believe there's the story/legend of Caffa (found in modern Crimea) being under siege by the Mongols during this time period. putting the travel paths of the pathogen only on the items mentioned in the video kind of neglects that there were a lot of things happening during that time period making populations move around (in eastern asia, particularly china, i believe there was a terrible wet season that resulted in floods and bad crops which also had populations moving).

But good show with this.