Questions tagged [epidemics]
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Are there any sources supporting the claim that Jews were less affected by epidemics?
There is a common thread that Jews historically suffered less from epidemics because of Jewish ritual requirements of cleanliness.
E.g., Wikipedia - Perceived Jewish immunity has 3 weakly supporting ...
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What did a 19th century New Orleans Yellow Fever immunity passport look like?
In response to proposals for a so-called "immunity passport" system to be developed so that people who have recovered from COVID-19 can return to life as usual (without being subject to ...
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Were cities that enacted lockdowns during the 1918 flu pandemic successful in preventing any infections? [closed]
Many parallels are currently being drawn between the flu pandemic of 1918 and the modern spread of the coronavirus, including how a lockdown was imposed in many cities:
It happened a century ago, ...
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Were heroin addicts used to help Spanish flu patients? [closed]
In Burroughs' Junky, he mentions that addicts appeared to be immune and so were safe around infected patients. Can't find anything about this outside of Burroughs and if it is indeed true can only ...
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