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I'm not saying this is the first time social conditions were acknowledged as causative or contributory factors to mass mortality from the plague. I'm saying the new findings on the means of transmission potentially shed a slightly different light on who died when and how. Perhaps more of the sickly poor were more susceptible to the plague because it was airborne and not spread by rats, Perhaps also that says something about the plague's dissipation as well. Remember that there were many different studies on causes, transmission rates, likely carriers/sufferers etc. of AIDS. Even though all the reputable studies agreed on the basics, the nuances were important for our understanding. On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 1:20 PM, Mark Lause <markala...@gmail.com> wrote: > ====================================================================== > Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. > ====================================================================== > > > No doubt, the upper crust that were out on their isolated estates may have > stood a better chance of survival. However, the overwhelming majority of > people in Europe were terribly poor, undernourished, overworked, > etc.--especially where you had the kinds of concentrations that really > spread the plague. Certainly, the more you are undernourished and > overworked, the better your chances of ending in a plague pit, but most of > the bones in the plague pit Mrs. Miggens finds while digging in her rose > bed are not likely to be royals. > ________________________________________________ > Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu > Set your options at: > http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/acpollack2%40gmail.com > ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
