Like COVID-19, the Black Death had its own “truther” movement, too

Image caption: 15th-century manuscript illustration of Moses spreading the plague of boils (Historica Graphica Collection / Heritage Images / Getty Images). Article by Matthew Rozsa. Salon – December 25, 2021.

While the COVID-19 pandemic has been an inflection point of modern history, it is nowhere close to being the deadliest pandemic in human history. That dubious distinction belongs to the infamous “Black Death,” a bubonic plague that swept through Europe and the Near East in the mid-14th century. Like COVID-19, the bubonic plague was a terrible way to die, but with very different symptoms. […]

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