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To: Zhang Fei

As noted in the article, Bubonic plague spread along the Silk Road as the Mongols of Central Asia expanded toward Europe.

Today China swells in importance and builds enormous transportation networks toward Europe. And here we are.

But Bubonic Plague killed a third of Europe and (so far) COVID-19 has killed about 6500 worldwide, so I don’t seem them as comparable.

11 posted on 03/16/2020 5:38:37 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)

To: ClearCase_guy

[But Bubonic Plague killed a third of Europe and (so far) COVID-19 has killed about 6500 worldwide, so I don’t seem them as comparable.]

The Black Plague lasted at least 7 years, so there’s that.

16 posted on 03/16/2020 5:43:34 PM PDT by Zhang Fei (My dad had a Delta 88. That was a car. It was like driving your living room.)

To: ClearCase_guy

It didn’t come on China’s road. It came on airplanes.

26 posted on 03/16/2020 6:06:30 PM PDT by calenel (Don't panic. Prepare and be vigilant.)

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