black plague

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Not all of the comparisons between the Black Plague and COVID-19 are foreboding.

From Salon • Dec. 25, 2021

From the Black Plague of the Middle Ages to the 1918 “Spanish flu” pandemic, epidemics have been interpreted as engines of a raw, fierce justice.

From Washington Post • Feb. 14, 2021

Many historians believe the first wave of the Black Plague in Europe originated in the Marseille port.

From Washington Times • Nov. 17, 2020

Cordons were widely used to control the Black Plague during the Middle Ages.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2020

Declaration eyeballed me, and in the same tone of voice she would have used to say, The Black Plague?, she said, “Marbles?”

From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles