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Francesca, a girl living in the Middle Ages, has suddenly become sick. She notices that everyone around her has the same symptoms. Having heard that the countryside is safer, she decides to move to a remote village to avoid the bad air. What impact would this move most likely have?

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Answer:

She might cause the infection to spread to the remote village.

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During the Middle Ages, remote villages were generally less likely to suffer from epidemics. This was because sanitary conditions were usually worse in large cities. Moreover, large cities had large populations which were likely to spread infections more easily. However, once a person was sick, moving to a village would most likely not benefit them as there was no such thing as "bad air" or "good air." This was a belief at the time because people did not understand how infections spread. Moreover, by moving to the villages once they were already sick, these people were likely to spread the infection to the villages that had previously been safe from it.

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If Francesca is not sick, and she decides to move to a remote village, she may stay safer due to the low population, and less risk. However, if Francesca is sick, and she decides to move, she will only end up infecting those who lived in the village, causing the cases to go up and the danger to rise.

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