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Black Death did not kill indiscriminately, experts say

reuters.com — The Black Death that decimated populations in Europe and elsewhere during the middle of the 14th century may not have been a blindly indiscriminate killer, as some experts have believed. An analysis of 490...

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  • Conwaysb0718, on 01/29/2008, -0/+1"But people already in poor health were more likely to die"
    No *****.
  • VIrus9, on 01/29/2008, -0/+1Or maybe the people who were well off enough to not suffer from malnutrition were also less likely to be exposed to the fleas which carried the disease.

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