Question

Read this excerpt from The American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793.

Most doctors had predicted the fever would end when the cold weather returned. Almost all epidemics followed the
same pattern, striking during warm weather, disappearing with the first hard frost. Daniel Defoe, in recording the end
of the Black Death that visited London in 1665, wrote that the winter weather came on apace [and] most of those
that had fallen sick recovered, and the health of the city began to return."
Which excerpt from Fever 1793 connects to the historical account detailed in the excerpt?
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Guns were fired on the street corners, and a cannon blasted in the public square to purify the air
"The almshouse is closed. They want to protect their residents from the disease. So the fever victims lie on the floor of
Rickett's with little water and no care."
"Jefferson still comes into town every morning, though everyone says he'll soon quit and retire to his farm at Monticello," said
Mr. Carris
I silently counted on my fingers: twenty-eight days until the end of September, then on into October until the first frost. Frost
always killed fever. Mr. Carris said it drained the poison from the air.

Answer 1

Answer: I believe this is your answer

Step-by-step explanation:

I silently counted on my fingers: twenty-eight days until the end of September, then on into October until the first frost. Frost

always killed fever. Mr. Carris said it drained the poison from the air.

Answer 2

its D I silently counted on my fingers: twenty-eight days until the end of September, then on into October until the first frost. Frost always killed fever. Mr. Carris said it drained the poison from the air.

Step-by-step explanation: