Question

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The estimated deaths from the Black Death/ Bubonic Plague was between 30-70% of Europeans- how did it get that bad?

A. Before the Black Death European was already struggling to sufficiently feed its population creating an environment for starvation and poverty making it hard to fight infections when you are sick

B. The current medical practices and doctors weren’t equipped to handle a plague

C. Trading was at an all time high due to the mongols (Silk Road was revived) and people going to different places carrying the diseases with them helps the plague spread faster

D. All of the above

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

D. All of the above

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Answer 2

wAnswer: D. All of the above

Explanation: Although the Great Famine of 1315 was 30 years before the black death that started in 1347, lack of food was a common problem in that era. The common medical practices of the day were blood letting and boil lancing - both of which were not good nor sanitary. And that was only if you could get a doctor to look at you if you had the disease. The trading that was going on in those days allowed diseases to travel great distances and therefore affect larger numbers of people. This is no different than the influenza of 1918 and Covid-19 epidemics.