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Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 20,606 Send Message	maggiewinchester	Report	29 Jan 2018 09:57
	:-D :-D :-D :-D
	Researching: Gg gran Amelia - Suffolk side
Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 16,020 Send Message	Sharron	Report	28 Jan 2018 23:59
	With my memory it's a good thing I am not a liar isn't it?
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 20,606 Send Message	maggiewinchester	Report	28 Jan 2018 23:58
	Okay! :-D Interesting theory that it was some sort of haemorrhaging bug/virus.
	Researching: Gg gran Amelia - Suffolk side
Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 16,020 Send Message	Sharron	Report	28 Jan 2018 23:50
	I have watched them but like to keep them for future reference (memory's going).
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 20,606 Send Message	maggiewinchester	Report	28 Jan 2018 23:35
	So I daren't mention what was in the programme? :-\
	Researching: Gg gran Amelia - Suffolk side
Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 16,020 Send Message	Sharron	Report	27 Jan 2018 22:51
	I have recorded them because I need to see everything several times to make any sense of it. It seems likely that anything that knocked out a few would have been called plague I would think. They didn't know so very much about diseases but it evidently wasn't pox of any kind so it must be something else. I like that they called diabetes the pissing evil so our surgery has a pissing evil nurse and she always seemed pretty pleasant to me.
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 20,606 Send Message	maggiewinchester	Report	27 Jan 2018 22:25
	It's on 155 on my freeview - after a programme on Medieval ships. ..and it's on PBS America! I never knew it existed. Unfortunately, I have to get up early tomorrow :-(
	Researching: Gg gran Amelia - Suffolk side
Member Since: January 2010 Posts: 6,802 Send Message	supercrutch	Report	27 Jan 2018 22:22
	Didn't the word 'plaque' historically describe any and all catastrophic events which involved hundreds/thousands of unexplained deaths?
	Researching: Jones!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Member Since: June 2009 Posts: 13,498 Send Message	MotownGal	Report	27 Jan 2018 20:49
	The programme is being repeated tonight, 23.05 Channel 94 on Freeview. Night owls can stay up tonight..................no school tomorrow!!
	Researching:
Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 16,020 Send Message	Sharron	Report	27 Jan 2018 20:47
	It is by no means set in stone that fleas were involved in the spread at all.
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 20,606 Send Message	maggiewinchester	Report	27 Jan 2018 16:44
	Yes - then spread the disease by biting someone else. Some people would probably be 'immune', or at least the bite would have a minimal effect - like some people erupt when bitten by a mosquito, whereas others don't notice it, and it has little effect.
	Researching: Gg gran Amelia - Suffolk side
Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 16,020 Send Message	Sharron	Report	27 Jan 2018 16:42
	Some strains could even have been pneumonic.
Member Since: May 2014 Posts: 8,229 Send Message	David	Report	27 Jan 2018 16:25
	If it was human fleas they would have already bitten their host?
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Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 20,606 Send Message	maggiewinchester	Report	27 Jan 2018 16:22
	As I said earlier - I read it could have been human fleas that spread it.
	Researching: Gg gran Amelia - Suffolk side
Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 16,020 Send Message	Sharron	Report	27 Jan 2018 15:50
	That is the current belief.
Member Since: May 2014 Posts: 8,229 Send Message	David	Report	27 Jan 2018 15:03
	The Great fire of London the following year destroyed (burned) most of the house that were of timber construction and stopped the plague spreading.
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Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 16,020 Send Message	Sharron	Report	27 Jan 2018 14:35
	It is.
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 20,606 Send Message	maggiewinchester	Report	27 Jan 2018 14:27
	Is that during Plague time?
	Researching: Gg gran Amelia - Suffolk side
Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 16,020 Send Message	Sharron	Report	27 Jan 2018 13:58
	So, how about there not being a lot of rats about at that time then? There's one to conjure with!
Member Since: June 2009 Posts: 13,498 Send Message	MotownGal	Report	27 Jan 2018 13:00
	PBS is also a channel on Freeview. At least on a Smart TV. I watched that programme on the Black Death. There have also been documentaries on the Mary Rose in the last couple of days too. I always have a scan around to see what it on this station, as I cannot get excited about all the reality shows, nor the singing, nor the skating.
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