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I doubt a model of disease for the plague that requires rodent to human transmission. Here is a good explanation of evidence of spread direct from human to huma

I doubt a model of disease for the plague that requires rodent to human transmission. Here is a good explanation of evidence of spread direct from human to human: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg17223184-000-did-bubonic-plague-really-cause-the-black-death/ https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg17223184-000-did-bubo... According to Wikipedia "Although academic debate continues, no single alternative solution has achieved widespread acceptance": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Death#Causes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Death#Causes

ianburrell 6y ago
The Black Death was definitely bubonic plague, confirmed by genetic analysis in 2010. That article is from 2001. This article is about genetics localizing the source of plague to the Tian Shin mountains and maybe to marmots.
- gregwebs 6y ago
  There are also more recent papers such as this 2018 paper concluding that rodent fleas could not have caused the second pandemic: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5819418/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5819418/