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What made the Black Death so deadly & do you think it's similar to coronavirus

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the virus was cause by a bacterium Yernisa pestis, which still circulates among humans (black death)

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Science has demonstrated that the same bacterium, Yersinia yersi, caused both outbreaks, bolstering arguments that, like the Black Death, the Justinianic Plague also caused significant historical events during the period, such as the fall of the Roman Empire and the rise of Islam.

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