Great article on the origins and history of the Black Plague
Did the Black Death Rampage Across the World a Century Earlier Than Previously Thought?
https://getpocket.com/explore/item/did-the-black-death-rampage-across-the-world-a-century-earlier-than-previously-thought?utm_source=pocket-newtab&fbclid=IwAR3kY3-YD7-bK5I0JnewdbSecOmdcOaIDYIa4owOhcvorRMnXwTyu2qEvCU
This is extremely interesting in light of our current pandemic.
"Green also sees the relevance, especially as her study of plague variants and pandemic came out just as new variants of the Covid-19 pathogen were manifesting around the world. She tells me that her work didn’t change because of Covid, but the urgency did. “Plague,” Green says, “is our best ‘model organism’ for studying the history of pandemics because the history of it is now so rich, with the documentary and archaeological record being supplemented by the genetic record. All the work the virologists were doing in sequencing and tracking SARS-CoV-2's spread and genetic evolution was exactly the same kind of work that could be done for tracking Yersinia pestis's evolution and movements in the past.” "
