The Plague: How Did One Village Survive? | Riddle Of The Plague Survivors | Timeline

Geneticist Steven O'Brien investigates whether a genetic mutation that helped the inhabitants of a village called Eyam in Derbyshire survive the Black Death pandemic in the 14th century help scientists find a cure for AIDS.
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[@sonyabusby6473]

My Father was 5 years old and remembered the Spanish flu. He remembered the dogs in the small community were all howling as they were left alone and not being fed. He remembered that it was the young strong adults that were being hauled off dead in the wagons. His father and mother and his younger sister had the flu and survived, he never contracted it. He Lived to be 100, died just 6 weeks short of a 101 in 2014.

[@mysmirandam.6618]

Woooow

[@4integrity]

Fascinating. Cherish your memory. I will remember this forever now too. So grateful you shared. Glad your father remembered!

[@sonyabusby6473]

@@4integrity The fact that he remembered as five year old, is testimony to the fact of how scary this time was in the USA.

[@davel9514]

@@sonyabusby6473 Funny, more people have died in your country from THIS pandemic than did the Spansih Flu. I guess you guys learned nothing from history, huh?

[@crying_hippy]

God Rest His Soul My roommate of 3 years I used to live with, she's almost 90 and saw what hitllers regime did to people and her mom put her on a cargo ship as a stow away, and sent her to Canada and then came 10 years later to join her here. She told me many stories but the one that sticks out if how they couldn't swim or use the water in the steams or go down there because there was bodies everywhere in the rivers and shores of Zagreb, her dad was one of them and went away one day and never came back as they were at war Much Love and God Bless You

[@mim3097]

Imagine your family living in the same village for 400+ years in this day and age. Amazing

[@tommygunn7745]

you reminded that there was a history teacher in Cheddar England, that was determined to be related to the 8 000 yo cave man found in a nearby cave. Seems they said they found no other person in the town related... on top of that. Thats amazing

[@darkhorseman8263]

It's not uncommon. Most people cluster, relatively few have the wanderlust gene which makes them spread out. Yes, even settling behavior has genetic links. People only move long distances when forced, or with unstable upbringings, usually.

[@Rob337_aka_CancelProof]

That's why geneticists are working overtime to try to document everybody's lineage because evolution through diversification and Regional isolation causes all the variations you see today as most people were born live their entire lives and died within 20 to 50 miles of where they were born all the way up until just the last few Generations and now things are getting pretty muddled and I suspect within a few more Generations probably not very many Bloodlines that pure will exist any longer so they better get mapping while they can

[@Rob337_aka_CancelProof]

If you think delta-32 is amazing look up Fox P2 because it exists in lost of animals but in us a very specific version of it is responsible for a lot of our ability to communicate so much better than anything else that we are able to communicate complex ideas and even abstract thought and no other animal can come close

[@ElliHonkamaki]

And not be inbred.

[@MrDlt123]

Just a thought: I lived in Europe for several years, and always found it amazing while I was there that so many people could simply walk to a nearby graveyard and point out ancesters going back as much as 700 years. Of course we all have ancestors, but the trek to and then across America during the settlement years almost invaribly means many Americans are somewhat cut off from much of their history and distant ancestry, or at least without significant travel. This is an interestiing and engaging story. Thanks!

[@clarissa8477]

I’ve thought about that before too, and also how in Europe they have these amazingly old buildings while ours only go back a few hundred years tops. Very cool, I’d love to go someday.

[@BuiltInBrooklyn]

@@clarissa8477 because our country only goes back a few hundred years!

[@clarissa8477]

@@BuiltInBrooklyn yes. I understand that.

[@freedombro6502]

That's something I seriously long for living in Canada, we have no sites here that go back any further then 200 years or so

[@Marylmac]

And along comes fauci with that info in tow, and sets about creating a bug, given by a needle, to actually give a person the new plague he created. Talk about wicked!

[@bwktlcn]

My great-grandma lost her first born, a baby boy, to the Spanish flu. One of the boys in town came home from WWI, and they had a “Dinner on the grounds” after church to celebrate his safe return (seems to have been some kind of a super sized potluck, it was winter so they were all packed into the fellowship building). He was coughing a lot, but with coal fired trains, it wasn’t unusual to have a cough after several days of sooty air. Ten days later, he was dead, and every family at the potluck had at least one person that was sick. Two weeks later, they were out of coffins. A month later, every family in that small town had lost at least one person. Children from big farm families found themselves orphaned. There were people who lost all of their children. It gutted the town, and it never grew again; young people who survived moved away to get away from the horrible memories of the “dying time.” And my great-grandma lost her first born son to the Spanish Flu, and her last surviving child to Covid-19. What a horrible bookend in our family.

[@yvonne3903]

My condolences. What age is she now?

[@isabelleazar2454]

God bless her

[@cruisepaige]

This is so very sad.

[@yankeetherebel]

What I find amazing about the darkest days in history, such as the time of the black plague, is that all of us alive today are the result of history's survivors.

[@LTPottenger]

It only takes a handful of survivors. In reality the deaths were probably mostly the starved people who ate a mostly wheat diet and not much nutrition or vitamins.

[@Timbergal]

Survival of the Fittest

[@m.c.5459]

@@LTPottenger that's not how deadly pathogens work.

[@LTPottenger]

@@m.c.5459 Read a book nitwit, this is the cause of mass death from black death.

[@davidhoogendyke2774]

That's evolution, population, and sheer luck.

[@frankcostello9523]

The plague historian professor Justin Champion featured in this documentary and many others passed away June 2020 after a long illness. Thank you for all of your wonderful knowledge sir RIP.

[@denisemcdougal6445]

Rest in peace and thank you for your information and knowledge

[@inkyguy]

Thank you for sharing that news. I'm sorry that his death will prevent more knowledge from being gained by this remarkable researcher.

[@janerogers8201]

Truly sad, RIP💐

[@lindamaemullins5151]

😲😢🙏

[@chevychase3103]

@@Willowtree82 media censorship

[@karensiegel6669]

My grandmother born in 1898 survived the Spanish flu due to the diligence of her family that nursed her around the clock. Her fever was so high her hair fell out and her skin peeled like chips. They gave her water, baking soda water, water mixed with different herbs. They kept her clean and washed. Made her situp on pillows. I remember going to family reunions and when who had been sick in their family this particular one always was talked about. The family wore homemade masks and drank baking soda water everyday. When Grandma turned 30 her hair turned white and she had an enlarged heart but lived to be almost 95. The rest of her family did not get the flu as bad. That was amazing in itself but they lived on a farm.

[@singawaybyVeronica]

Spanish flu is about compsumption and exhaustion of WW1. This is about something else. Wake up

[@kepigal]

I wouldn't ingest baking soda, it can interfere with your pH

[@patriciastrassner4883]

And the washed their hands and avoided crowds.

[@patriciastrassner4883]

Natural immunities do exist. Elton John should have contracted Aids. He reported that all his previous partners died of AIDS.

[@huntingfashiondolls3307]

Your family was very smart!

[@Pack.Leader]

Amazing. We are all survivors of survivors of survivors. That alone should give us inner strength.

[@lks6248]

It is indeed mind boggling that we all stand at the end of a generational chain which has been unbroken for hundreds of thousands of years !

[@sarij3950]

Poor Elizabeth, not only did she lose her husband and 6 of her children, she also had to bury them by herself.

[@AzDoll714]

So she had 2 Delta 32 genes but her kids didn't even have 1??

[@freddyferrillo9704]

People seem to be very mentally tough back then. People today are whimps. Including myself! Today; we sometimes don't recognize how spoiled we are. If I had to drag, and actually bury six siblings, by myself.....I would be permanently useless after that. I really feel that way. God bless these people from the Dark Ages. They were incredible!

[@erntefreude]

Imagine, she had direct descentants, which means she actually married again, and had other children! She must have been sooo strong!! I admire her strength.

[@SpectatorAlius]

@@freddyferrillo9704 Yes, they were incredible. Enough so to show that the so-called "Dark Ages" were really not so dark after all.

[@normabeatriz4247]

@@AzDoll714Indeed. If the theory presented here supposes that the gene can be passed on after several generations, why none of Elisabeth's six children had it?

[@maritnordin6017]

My great grand mother survived the Spanish flu. Even the doctor was sure she was going to die. She lived to be 89 years old and died in 1971.

[@dunyazade]

My great grandmother from my mother's side did died of the Spanish Flu - she and her baby.

[@Pattilapeep]

My mom lived during the Spanish flu epidemic. She took care of family members and never got sick with it herself. She was a teenager at the time.

[@BorderCollieMom]

@@Pattilapeep my grandmother was in nursing training. She worked during this time....survived but lost all her hair?!.....no clue why.

[@barbaraeverly1922]

My Grandmother, Born in 1901 was also a survivor of the Spanish flu (typical, the flu originated in the USA and it was called the Spanish flu?) I'm amazed she not only survived the flu, but both WWI AND WWII. She was born in Germany and didn't come to the US until 1954. She passed a month shy of her 89th BD.

[@Pattilapeep]

@@barbaraeverly1922 That was some generation--they survived WWI the flu epidemic WWII and the Great Depression, plus the Korean War. Talk about tough!! Pat

[@karenh2890]

My dad's mom lost a brother and sister in three days' time from the 1918 flu. They were farmers in North Dakota and not exposed to many people. My other grandmother grew up in a big city, and no one in the family became ill.

[@oaktownie5135]

Fascinating....I'm a Blackwell....heard this story about the Blackwell family who survived the Plague when I was a child. No illness or infection in my lifetime...even after working in hospitals for 40+ years...wonder if I have the same genes and if I am a legit descendant.

[@Kayenne54]

Is there some way you could find out, genetically speaking?

[@Kendergurl]

Apparently 23 & me will tell you

[@carolevans5285]

I don't think the village was special they were cut of from the bloody world so didn't get it as bad. Live in rat ridden London in the flith see how long anyone would survie.

[@femmie12]

You can maybe get your blood tested for it. And awsome!!! I hope to visit the village someday!

[@jennifercunningham8834]

Don’t people give credit to their creator. He’s in control of our time here on earth not the scientist or food

[@stephen9324]

Had my DNA tested. I have one copy of the Delta 32 mutation (CCR5-Delta 32 heterozygous). Also have blood type O RH negative. I rarely get sick . . . . So fascinating . . . . Feel so grateful.🧎

[@pinkiesue849]

wonderful!

[@suzannakoizumi8605]

Where did you get the test? I am O negative too.

[@M_alienWorld]

@@suzannakoizumi8605 on the 23-and-me site you can get the raw data and screen for genes. I did, and don't have the Delta 32 mutation ;-(

[@meganmathews528]

weird.. i have O - and rarely get sick too. I will have to see if i can find that gene in my DNA test ( i will get Covid now that i ran my mouth)

[@amygodward4472]

RHNegative? Are you by any chance of Basque descent?

[@mboyer68]

I find it fascinating and exciting to be able to read 300, 400, 500 year old and even older written documents, and getting good information from them.

[@kayskidf1]

@@thedude8046 Dude...always

[@billastell3753]

to be able to read 300, 400, 500 year old good for you. You are blessed.

[@chrisbyrd6715]

I love old photographs as well .

[@GermanSwordMaster]

Pretty recently a new antibiotic was discovered in a medieval manuscript (it was described as the "best medicine in the book" by the author(s)) and used to combat a multi-resistent germ. They didnt know how it worked. But that it did. We always can learn from the past.

[@marlist1]

Agree. A gd reason not to destroy historic items, as it can be helpful or insightful.

[@Sharon3rd]

I have a genetic mutation C(282)Y, known as the Celtic Curse, leading to Iron Overload or Hemochromatosis. A link to the Vikings and also, according to the book I have on it, were also not effected by the Plague. My ancestors come from the highlands of North Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. Coincidentally, my grandmother died from the Spanish Flu, yet no one in my Scottish family did. I’ve never even had the flu nor the vaccine.

[@clareshaughnessy2745]

That’s a bit like sickle cell, which, whilst it’s a horrible genetic condition, confers immunity against malaria. It’s probably why neither gene simply died out

[@sgilbert5753]

Fascinating information. It would be interesting to have known what percentage of the plague victims that survived after infection possessed Scandinavian genetics. apparently one European country was unaffected by the bubonic plague, Poland. Poland had a significant Scandinavian population.

[@carolynfea6352]

Side comment from a Highlander…. Orkney Islands have the highest prevalence of MS in the world. Shetlands too 🙏

[@rosemariebeukers1834]

​@@carolynfea6352 wow really

[@maryduhon9769]

I can't imagine the relief that last man felt. To have nonchoice but to live with such a horrific threat and to finally know the very nature of who you are is not going to kill you is unimaginable

[@amritt1989]

What amazes me is how meticulously people recorded things, even back then. Perhaps everyone should learn the value of keeping records from this.

[@grizzlygrizzle]

And also, the value of not erasing or "revising" history in the way the left does.

[@jendubay3782]

@@grizzlygrizzle uhhhh you do know the biggest example of erasing and changing history is done by the sisters of the confederacy, which has been championed by conservatives. It’s still in schools today. So go ahead and say it’s the left, when in reality, it’s been conservatives all along.

[@amritt1989]

I was merely refering to parish records, as mentioned in this film.

[@heliotrooppi80]

European churches kept meticulous population records at least from 17th century onwards. Every citizen’s birth, marriages, children, place of living, and death recorded.

[@grizzlygrizzle]

@@jendubay3782 -- Conservatives are the ones who advocate for a color-blind society, in which people are judged according to their individual character, not according to some collective race, class, or gender membership. Racists are collectivists, and the Southern racists were Democrats. Today, Democrats continue in their collectivism. Collectivism is the theme that unites fascism, Nazism, communism, and most of socialism. Collectivist ideologies were responsible for the deaths of more than 100 million civilians in the last century. To view another person as a member of an "other" group is to diminish their humanity and to dehumanize them, so it follows that mass murder is so often the outcome of collectivist ideologies.

[@jeaniechowdury576]

My grandparents survived the spanish flu. They wore home made masks and distanced themselves. They told all of the grankids repeatedly to wash our hands.

[@brentfarvors192]

The Spanish Flu didn't kill children...Or, the elderly...The Spanish Flu killed the healthiest of us all (17-27 years old's), due to a cytokine storm in the lungs...There are also prevalent theories of the over use of aspirin, contributing to the death toll...Even more about an experimental vaccine, actually causing the outbreak...

[@susierosido790]

My great grandfather was one of the last people to die of spanish flu in wisconsin. He had 14 children, so he wasnt impressed to fight in ww1. He built a new cabin for his family, so big each child had a bedroom to themselves. He died the night before they were to move into their new home. 1919, near lake Superior, Wisconsin. His family came here from Norway, in the 1800s.

[@ellensoehngen5018]

@@brentfarvors192 Not entirely true. My 18 month old great uncle died of Spanish Flu.

[@pocketsizeforyourtravelcon3325]

@@brentfarvors192 wrong. My grandmother’s twin brother died from pneumonia brought on by the Spanish flu at age 11 weeks old. My grandmother survived and lived until age 96 in 2013.

[@ebayerr]

Jeanie Chowdury: Little known is the fact that in the fifties there was a second wave of the Spanish Flu and my mother caught it while she was pregnant with me. Her doctor told her she would pass on her immunity to me.

[@sealyoness]

As I recall, many of the more remote villages in Europe had no survivors and no one really knew who died of plague and who just died. Sometimes, there was no one in the nearest villages alive who even knew the names of these places. And since the plague took the literate and illiterate alike, it is impossible to know who and how many by written word. Sometimes I can't imagine how horrific it might have been for the last survivor of one of those villages. Even animals died, whether from plague or neglect; in fact, when survivors from other places found that pigs survived and wandering loose, they killed the pigs and left them where they died. They feared, knowing pigs will eat anything to live, to take them back with them.

[@knoxvin7948]

I read in an old book years ago that a doctor had to watch over a king during the black plague and the doctor boiled yeast,garlic and onions and then strained it and used it as a polance,placed it on the king's chest and kept fires lit around the king.the king lived but I forgot if the doctor did too.I bought that old book from an estate sale and the house contents had been locked up over 40 yrs.

[@michellemiller4742]

It killed the parasites.

[@Mithreniel]

That makes sense. Onions and garlic contain quercetin, which I hear aids with immune function. Helps zinc absorption if eaten together. A friend used onions in a similar way during covid when a special needs child had pneumonia. If I remember correctly, she used warm onions on his feet and/or chest daily, and said it helped clear his lungs. Anecdotal of course, haven't personally tried it topically, but eating onions and peppers seemed to help I guess.

[@Cbd_7ohm]

@@Mithreniel Yes a lot of plants have many different beneficial phytochemicals.

[@karenmcardle142]

That definitely makes sense , I had something called Haemophillus influenza and 100,s of antibiotics to try get rid of it , its also a gram negative bacteria and a great acrobat .i started to take cloves, and garlic water , and finials managed to get rid of it. I researched it right back to the plague, it didn't get a proper name till early 1900,s and its also called HIB, children have been getting vaccinations for it since about 1980,s. I am asking is the plague making a comeback . Poverty, overcrowding, sounds all to familiar . Keep Lifted

[@bettyjaneantanavicius9800]

You meant poultice?

[@kaifisshhh]

Anyone watching this during the Covid pandemic thinking “WELL AT LEAST IT’S NOT PLAGUE”

[@M_alienWorld]

few years ago as I was working in a small Boston clinic we were getting training and the protection kits for Ebola, as there was a big outbreak in Africa and people were traveling.... there were few cases in the US, you might remember. Ebola kills in hours, hemorrhagic fever, 90% mortality in Africa and 50% with all the weapons of modern medicine... So that's what I was thinking with Covid... "at least it's not Ebola..." ;-)

[@Starry_Night_Sky7455]

If it's a bacterium type plague that's easily treatable with current antibiotics (hopefully it's not antibiotic resistant), then that kind of plague would be easier to contain and control than an airborne virus. Given the extreme volume of human population in addition to easy global travel, pathogenic diseases aren't a surprise. To counter that, non-human species like horses must go through quite the screening check by a vet + pre-travel and post-destination arrival quarantine to prevent novel pathogens entering local populations. Maybe people forget they're animals too that spread disease too, and should follow some similar guidelines when traveling about the world to protect public safety. All the while no need to be freaked out either. Pathogens are kind of everywhere. Good grief, why did I click on this documentary. Leave out the dang drama, cut it short, and be informative. I'm just not into the entertainment styled into the program, all the while thinking oooo, they editing is great, lol. Ah well, that's off topic, lol.

[@xHASSUNAx]

it's still a plague ahah. just not THE plague

[@benthelearner6104]

@@M_alienWorld I heard that Ebola kills to fast. COVID is dormant for days (1-10 days). So people have it and give it and nobody knows...

[@spencer8501]

Yes the Black Plague or bubonic plague is now curable when detected earlier unlike covid19 which is like a death sentence to some

[@karenlm9062]

One of my uncles died of AIDS following a surgery in which he was given a blood transfusion. It was before blood was screened for HIV.

[@heide-raquelfuss5580]

You wonder how many diseases are not been tested or discovered and we give blood to one another...

[@haggis525]

@@heide-raquelfuss5580 I'm a regular blood donor. If you're dead unless you get 6 pints in the next hour - you're dead. Better risk is to take the blood and see... if you're alive in 7 days the rest is gravy!

[@aussieannie01]

We are so much better aware - and better educated - about HIV now than in the 80’s.

[@lunabeta3516]

I am alive because of God's grace, medically workers and those who donated the blood I received. I wish I could donate blood.

[@sheilanixon913]

My 4th times great grandmother was born in Eyam at the time of the plague. She survived and moved to the next Parish She married William Oldfield, who was a farmer in nearby Great Hucklow. Their 1st child, Elias Oldfield , inherited the title Sir Elias Oldfield and a 750 acre farm and farmhouse. Their second son Adam oldfield inherited a 25 acre farm . He also worked as a free lance lead -miner Both Adam's wives died young and my 2 times great grandmother had to keep house for her father and 3 brothers , from the age of 9 in 18i45. She left home aged 18 and went to live in the household of the Vicar of Hope ,who was moving to Glossop. She was taught to play the piano , and became a gifted musician Once she left home, she never spoke to her family again.

[@roelienpostma2367]

Good gracious!

[@nathangarland9453]

Whats any of that got to do with THE BLACK DEATH????

[@24flyingcats84]

If you're talking about the black death, it'd be more than 4x Great Grandmother. It happened over 700 years ago!

[@nicolasliman4723]

God Damn, that's impressive

[@grioulaloula8594]

20:55 In total, Elizabeth buried 6 of her children and her husband but she lived. Good God. How awful.

[@marisamartin3664]

Thinking I would definitely not be particularly grateful to live at that point.

[@Mmax389]

@@marisamartin3664 She probably prayed for death.

[@Handle1916]

My daughter and I had our DNA test and then used the data to have genetic medical reports. Remarkably we are both resistant to plague and AIDS. The family had ancestors in the UK.

[@lynnleigha580]

That's neat!

[@katym15475]

That's soo crazy I heard that fact like 15+ years ago and any time I brought it up, people would roll their eyes. Like a ton of things.

[@julietaferrario4934]

Which test did you use ?

[@dinolemma]

I have the mutation too. Our bone marrow can cure AIDS!

[@stephaniehirai4469]

We have family in Italy, France, Scotland, and Ireland. I've often wondered if we are plague resistant. 😳

[@loveislove4879]

I contracted HIV 19 years ago when I was 19. I've been very lucky and my body has mostly been able to keep it in check and I'm undetectable with a high cd4 count.

[@pattihurley4137]

Natural resistance? Big pharma wont study healthy people who resist a disease or who dont get it at all.

[@justynjonn]

That was the height of condom promotion.

[@euphiemiadrake5633]

You might be a ltnp long term non progresser

[@ryanblack844]

@JHeints - lol I'm glad you're safe! Was from was my 1st bf and i trusted him but he had it and said nothing to me. Plus i was young and nieve and just thought it wouldn't happen to me. "Wrap it up!"

[@ryanblack844]

@@euphiemiadrake5633 yes 😀🙅‍♂️

[@ktown8139]

It’s amazing to realize that the spreading of ‘The Plague’ from rat fleas is now recognized as a a much, much smaller reason for its spread. We have now learned that this bacterial disease was spread much more & more rapidly through Body Lice (vs. Hair Lice) & person-to-person contact - especially if the bacteria existed in the lungs & caused coughing.

[@sheilacheeks1006]

I'm itching with that thought

[@karenmcardle142]

I was diagnosed with an infection called Hib( haemophillus influenza) it's not a flu though , in my case it was in my lungs and comes back too often now, not 1 dr said about wearing a mask, I asked could it be contagious for others and was reassured, No, but on researching it , you can pass it on , and it was first discovered 1900,s , then named an influenza due to there being the influenza deaths at the time, but if u research further back this goes back to the plague, Iam more vulnerable towards it now due to underlying health issues, but it can still b passed on. When I explained my fears to a dr , he replied, you've done your research and I said I had to because not 1 of u r telling me Yes or No . Haemophillus is a gram negative bacterial infection. & quite the acrobat. Its scary to think haemophillus could have been the plague, because it is a bacteria .. Keep Lifted .

[@mikeneill6813]

@@sheilacheeks1006 Same here. My head is "alive" with a mad itch. Grrrrrr!!!!!. Regards. (Scritch Scritch)

[@letmetellyoumyexperiencesi9775]

Oh what a heartbreak 💔 to loose all those children in one week, poor Elizabeth. 😢

[@yvonne3903]

I wonder if she remarried and had more children.

[@taptapuyo2714]

Yah, we've tackled this gene back in med school but the lecture was about its role with resistance to HIV (CCR5 delta 32) Didn't know it was also associated with the Black plague. Remarkable.

[@origamimambo545]

Yes. My question that isn't addressed is that since this gene mutation can give immunity to both a virus (HIV) and a bacteria (plague) then how is this applicable to general immunity or to other communicable maladies that work in the same way?

[@jimmyandtaylorperry7735]

I learned about it during my second year in medical school as well. If I am not mistaken, it may have been mentioned in the Microbiology for Dummies book. I believe the book mentioned the link between Y. pestis and HIV resistance and the CCR5 mutation.

[@kloschuessel773]

@@jimmyandtaylorperry7735 am i getting this wrong? So there are ppl with this gene that are immune to plague and hiv?

[@mikiohirata9627]

@@jimmyandtaylorperry7735 please read the comment I just left.

[@mikiohirata9627]

@@kloschuessel773 Yes, please read my comment I just left a minute ago.

[@vthings001]

These are my favorite stories of history; those that link our present to our past. It really brings home the interconnectedness of our lives and shows how what came before informs and lives on within ourselves. How modern investigation into past riddles unfold a story far more fascinating and meaningful than anything we could make up.

[@hannyhawkins7804]

Great comment. I couldn’t agree more.

[@meredithdaniels4373]

Such troubling times

[@capricornqueen3139]

Very well said👏🏾

[@mari-ef6wb]

I was just reflecting on the early 1900's, from extensive gynecological research. In 2018. (Without spitting in a cup). Census records, birth records, DEATH CERTIFICATES!!! My great grand mother was born in 1911. She was admitted to a Sanitarium in Howell, MI in the 1930's. She also had a huge chunk of her left lung removed, per TB protocol of barbaric "conventional" treatment. I have always been wise to the very broken med system, although, my parents and grandparents were "believers.". Thank God, that perhaps, the experiences that Cecilia (great grandmother) had experienced, are genetically coded within my dna.

[@kumara5492]

Excellent comment

[@artofmanneherrin5273]

Its amazing her ancestors didnt get accused of witchcraft for being able to suvive the plague.

[@boudecia22]

By 17th century that was pretty much over. The witchcraft nonsense was before that.

[@DavidJohnson-nq9iu]

Perhaps they thought those who did not contract it were blessed because they were not bad sinners or they were just too thankful to have someone who could care for them when the sick needed help.

[@ubself]

Right 💯

[@ubself]

@@boudecia22 not!

[@sunnywiderman]

Maybe not so amazing. After all, they could only be accused by those who...didn't survive the plague 🙃

[@TheBlondegirly1]

My home village. Have lived here since three, my family comes from the south, recently tracked down my heritage and found out I'm a descendant of the survivors in this village. It's weird how things work out!

[@Tina06019]

Rector William Monpaissant, and the villagers who obeyed him, were wise, selfless and admirable. Indeed, we should also reflect on the generosity of the Earl of Devonshire, who arranged for the food deliveries to the village. I think we should be able to wear face masks and wash our danged hands.

[@dennish3962]

Are you seriously equating a near 100% deadly disease with the common cold that has a CFR of 0.0006%? Surely you should self isolate and keep your muzzle on, this cold is scary.

[@haplessasshole9615]

@@dennish3962 Are you seriously equating COVID to the "common cold?"

[@suzannakoizumi8605]

Unfortunately the masks don't work. Handwashing, yes, masks no. Viruses are smaller than spaces between weave of masks.

[@dkaz0065]

@@Barbara-cr5zj it’s been proven that’s not true. The mask is to keep your spit off of other people and objects. Yes it’s not 100% but even if it helps a little why choice to be so selfish?

[@TheLittledikkins]

@@Barbara-cr5zj Untrue, it makes no difference in my oxygen levels as I've checked. The problem is too much fake 'evidence' passing around the internet. And the virus is carried from person to person in droplets of spit we all put out when we speak, masks do stop those.

[@sueforte4947]

My father in law survived the Spanish Flu and lived to be 95 years old. He said the soldiers were falling like flies around him.

[@saschaesken5524]

The vaccines they got were not sterile.

[@kimfleury]

@@saschaesken5524 they didn't get vaccines

[@kimfleury]

That's awesome that your grandfather survived. Much respect to him. May he rest in peace.

[@nancyracies8824]

My grandfather as well. He got sick in Chicago and the Huber family (congregants of his church) took him in (he was a bachelor) and nursed him to health

[@iralee1180]

The “Spanish flu” is a misnomer. It actually originated in a pig farm in the Midwestern US. It was “Spanish” because it was reported by Spanish journalists. Ira Lee Ph.D.

[@evelynmilne4683]

I am 76,and have never had the flu and am very healthy and have only had measles and chickenpox as a child. I was born in Scotland. My mother just died in her 100th year, my great grandmother died at 101 and my great, great grandmother at 104. I have not had my DNA tested but know my blood type is AB+.

[@singawaybyVeronica]

you're awesome Evelyn

[@--Skip--]

I read years ago that an Austrian or German village did the same with regards to isolation. They too took it as a miracle and each year (or every 7 years) they hold a parade and festival celebration because they survived.

[@danielstapler4315]

12:34 Sep 1666 ... the first outsiders dared to enter the village. And of course they entered during a dark foggy night, because you wouldn't wont to go during the bright sunshine of daytime. lol

[@Elleoaqua]

It's England. It's always dark and rainy/snowy

[@compassioncampaigner728]

@@Elleoaqua True And watch what happens when "they" finish melting the ice cap with their drilling and the oceanic conveyor belt plotzes.

[@M_alienWorld]

Very interesting investigation, but it raises some questions. 1. If so many people (50%?) of that village survived the plague, they were already 'enriched' in that gene by some previous event??? Or the gene was a random mutation and they were all interbred.... not rare in those times... 2. Also, if that poor woman had 2 copies of the gene, ALL HER CHILDREN had (at least) one copy of the gene as well... But they were not protected. Of course, young age, malnutrition, etc must have played a role, but still... all 6? heartbreaking

[@jamieyoho2310]

Ur 1st point is more accurate. There have been plague events throughout history so it seems likely.

[@tanyabrown9839]

Back in those days sometimes the treatments for things were often worst than an disease itself eg bloodletting was a common way they tried to treat the plague back then. Who knows how the lady tried to treat her 6 children for the disease. It's quite possible that her kids all died due to that.

[@DenisJByrne]

I humbly suggest that she was the only person of the 8 who had 100% of that combination. Her children's genes were highly 'diluted' by their father's genes. In layman's terms they needed to inherit a higher percentage of their mother's defense and less of their father's vulnerability. Anything near 50% wasn't enough.

[@TheLittledikkins]

It was around the first time during the Middle Ages. Killed damn near half of Europe that time too. There were outbreaks for some 400 years but only two or three massive ones like this one in the 17th Century.

[@jk28416]

mmm, 'Horizon science' as my geology teacher used to say. its not good enough for there to be just a volcano, it has to kill everyone tomorrow. Its a TV show, it is hyper-dramatized entertainment. A multitude of other factors are not covered and I actually think this 'Delta 32' thing has been de-bunked years ago. Of course its an interesting avenue of research but dramatic 'silver bullet' 'this is the button' things don't happen in real science.

[@expressoevangelism80]

I couldn’t say that I enjoyed the video, as you suggested. That’s hardly the reaction many people have had to the Black Death. I know the village in Derbyshire very well. What a courageous decision the village made, lead by their rector. The long term effects which eventually developed through immunisation is just incalculable.

[@srikanthkal8695]

Amazing medical research story. People like O'Brien are heroes.

[@carolefreeman2544]

I saw the documentary about the mutant Gene Delta 32 many years ago when they tested Steve Cronin and his resistance to AIDS. I thought at the time how amazing that those who have European ancestors who survived the plague could possibly passed on at least one copy if not two copies of Gene Delta 32. As a family historian I have always wondered why my direct ancestors had survived during the time of the plague, in particularly the 14c plague as well as the 17c plague. After watching the documentary years ago, I wondered how many of us carry Gene Delta 32. Now I wonder if this also affects some of us in 2020 from getting COVID-19. This is extremely interesting 🤔 and I wonder if any research regarding Gene Delta 32 and COVID-19 has been done. On a side note, I have always been fascinated by the Village of Eyam since reading the novel, Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks in 2001 so I went to visit the village a couple of years later. I highly recommend both the book and a visit to the village if you are interested in their story. Fascinating!

[@deeprollingriver5820]

I am immune to Covid. Not vaccinated. I’m a 67 yo RN who has had face to face contact and cared for a hundred or more Covid positive patients. I tested every day and never got Covid. Never even got a cold.

[@carolefreeman2544]

@@deeprollingriver5820 great, then a little vaccination won’t affect you either, but it helps others.

[@judymccleary7426]

@@deeprollingriver5820 God bless. Ignore the ignorant. They will unfortunately come to the truth.

[@cherylhelmuth3921]

@@carolefreeman2544 wrong. It reduces risk of death to the vaccinated person only, you can still get and spread it.

[@carolefreeman2544]

@@cherylhelmuth3921 Right! So everyone should get vaccinated!

[@jackiedorman2188]

My mom survived polio with no damage, ancester survived the trail of tears, another survived the batan death march. My mom couldnt walk for a year. Theses arent the plague, but they were deadly times for humans.

[@roselee4445]

God blessed your family

[@joecoolioness6399]

@@roselee4445 phht. Didn't god make all things? Then he made every virus and bacteria that harm us. Which makes no sense, an all powerful all knowing god would not need these things for population control, you would just drop dead when it was the time he planned for. Well, it's all nonsense, there is no good reason to believe any gods exist. Thousands have tried, all have failed. Just watch some of Matt Dillahunty's show here on the tube.

[@mandywalkden-brown7250]

*Bataan. You really should get the spelling correct should you not?

[@roselee4445]

@@joecoolioness6399 this virus was man made in a lab, thanks to Fauci and Bill Gates

[@roselee4445]

@@mandywalkden-brown7250 give them the benefit that perhaps his her phone corrector changed his spelling. My corrector changes words i spelled correctly.

[@dalemills7926]

Thank you Sir Justin for your tenacity to find the gateway to this amazing discovery.Love reading about history and facts.

[@themadcollecter4988]

In 1996 our premature baby had a serious 'nappy rash' in his groin... he was in the special care unit in a major hospital in New Zealand. We made them swab it & test to see what was causing it, as it wasn't improving with their cream. The result came back as Yersinia pestis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa & MRSA... these are all common bugs in hospitals apparently. Of course public health officials & medical staff don't want to talk about it! We took him home & gave him plenty of exposure to sunlight & it went away quite quickly.

[@Poetessa2]

That's amazing!!!

[@nancygerchak6021]

My family for generations used raw unfiltered honey on wounds and Staph infections, including MRSA. It is systemic and the body must be treated at same time or it will come back in other symptoms...often chronic illness throughout one's life.

[@King-qv4up]

And yet young people these days can’t understand

[@bettyjaneantanavicius9800]

Use of antibiotics and pesticides have produced more resistant organisms, esp in hospitals.

[@themadcollecter4988]

@@bettyjaneantanavicius9800 Yes it's interesting that our national newspaper (NZ Herald) was publishing articles about the 'looming superbug epidemic' & reports of persons with TB etc in NZ that were resistant to all known drugs... this was in 2018-2019, but suddenly along came 'covid' & everything's been "covid, covid, covid" ever since. Amazingly a person fronted up at Auckland hospital with typhoid the other week & was fobbed off & left to sleep in their car because they were "overwhelmed with covid cases"... lol... could've been the start of a REAL epidemic but apparently medical people don't have a clue any more!!!

[@fioname3495]

My family is from Eyam - lived during this and lost family members. I have the gene 🧬

[@rosep5672]

My Dad used to live in Eyam. As a young girl I found it very spooky.

[@awalk56]

Not to be nosy, what's your blood type?

[@fioname3495]

Anthony Wayne Walker To be honest I’m not sure but I think it’s O+ . I inherited the gene thru my paternal grandmother ( nee Ragge) as we are direct descendants of the Ragge’s who lived in Eyam. We can trace our family back to 1040. 🙂

[@awalk56]

@@fioname3495: So I have this theory, O- blood is more resistant to viral issues. I'm a double O-neg. Both parents. My family are from Scotland & Wales. Find out & Google 'Origins of O-blood'. Let me know what you find out.

[@calimojogirl6199]

@@awalk56 Your blood probably smells noticeably coppery, and you're probably highly intuitive, able to hear, see and know things others don't.

[@lisalovelace6784]

What an interesting documentary and to find out a mutant gene protected people from diseases from 700 years ago to now, mind blowing.

[@c2shiningc903]

I randomly found this and am so glad I did! Excellent, fascinating documentary.

[@jeff__w]

If this video seems familiar, it might be because it’s a renarration of _Secrets of the Dead_ 2002 "Mystery Of The Black Death." (The video appears to be identical.) So the information being presented here is close to two decades old. There's nothing wrong with that but it would be better if the video had updated information (such as information about the drug _maraviroc,_ which mimics the delta32 mutation by binding to the CCR5 receptor, making it impossible for HIV to do so).

[@sissykim3975]

That what I was wondering is what did they do with this information.

[@roselee4445]

I'm going to look that up, my brother died from AIDES

[@8Ayelet]

This is a tremendous documentary! Very well done! I think it is inspiring, and gives one a lot to consider, on many levels.

[@bushmanPMRR]

I was fortunate enough to have spent a week in the beautiful and scenic Peak District of Derbyshire a few years ago and visited Eyam. I saw the stone at the quarantine boundary where the food was left and among the many houses with their sad death toll detailed I also saw that Elizabeth's house and remember reading the stone outside detailing the deaths. If you didn't know, from the outside Eyam is your quintessential quaint English countryside village, until you start reading the plaques outside houses naming the victims of the plague.

[@tripsy038]

Eyam is lovely did you get a chance to visit Bakewell?

[@jennifermcclain4478]

I saw this documentary about 20 years ago. It has stayed in the back of my mind ever since. I remembered some of the detail, some memory was scetchy. All I could remember about the gene was that it started with a "D". Glad to see this again, have now written down the name of the gene & will be researching how studies on Delta 32 have progressed/advanced in the 20+ years this initial research was done. Thank you for publishing this video & thank you YT for suggesting it.

[@anitajoseph8733]

Yes by

[@WitchVine]

Same!

[@edasher06]

The black plague spread by fleas spread by rats. It's quite ironic at this same time of history, cats, who would of hypothetically controlled the rat population, were being vilified and exterminated because of mid evil superstition.

[@soniaskolnick3868]

Delta, huh?

[@bthompson2192]

@@edasher06 Really, didn't know this about the cats. No one else has mentioned this in all the videos I have watched. Thanks, a new search for me to get going on.

[@ketchup016]

Someday in the future we'll watch a documentary about why COVID had such different effects on different people.

[@Gioli565]

That’s all I could think about watching this. There are people who have lost many and yet I don’t know anyone personally who has died, or even gotten very ill with Covid.

[@bettyjaneantanavicius9800]

Morbidity factors played a great influence in who survived.

[@bettyjaneantanavicius9800]

Epigenetics, people.

[@Kyejemimah-Mskye]

Thanks for sharing this !! Commendable are the efforts of the researchers 🙏🙏👍All the research made a difference , paving a way for better scientific developments in health and Medicine ..

[@jordanforbes2557]

"Like a xerox machine their gene frequencies had been replicated for several generations without a lot of infusion from outside" I think that's the nicest way I've ever heard someone say there's a lot of inbreeding.

[@jimmyandtaylorperry7735]

I remember learning this during my second year of medical school. It is truly fascinating.

[@BillyBillyYeah]

the sequence of the two geneticists roaming the grounds to formulate their hypothesis is adorable, as much more often this process involves sitting at a computer in the dark with 250 tabs open on your internet browser and your hands jittering from too much coffee ;)

[@SuperCaliforniaBarbi]

Thank you I read the article about this in rolling Stone magazine back in the late '90s and I've told people about the Delta Spike but I never had a way of proving it before Thank you so much for posting this

[@jodielynne3687]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge, I appreciate your channel

[@hectorsmommy1717]

I read the book "Year of Wonders" by Geraldine Brooks many years ago. It is a fictionalized story of Eyam during the plague through the eyes of a servant whose home was the boardinghouse the tailor lived in and received his bundle of cloth. Excellent book.

[@calebsmommy812]

It was about this village? I had no idea. I loved that book

[@gaylemoeller7410]

I stopped to make this comment! "Year of Wonders" is an excellent read.

[@brontewcat]

After reading it, my husband and I visited it Eyam on a trip to the UK.

[@beccamccarty8554]

My grandmother was born during the Spanish Flue epedimic but a few years later her older brother 's best friend was stricken during the TB epidemic and her brother thought if he sat outside in the 'clean air' they would be ok to play cards with the kid. The friend recovered, her brother wasn't so lucky.

[@kimberlyyoung4592]

That's sad. I was exposed to TB. In the '70s. My grandpa had it and passed away from it. And my blood type is negative O . I really don't know what that means. By having my blood type. But I rarely get sick. Which maybe that's good.

[@singawaybyVeronica]

stop with the Spanish flu. Wash your hands and eat healthy. I mean no sugar, no flour and no junk food. And.... breathe

[@paulascott5701]

TB is caused by a bacteria, not a virus. Before antibiotics, it could be chronic in people - going and coming as the body would grow strong, then vulnerable. Some overcame it all together but it usually took months of rest, fresh air and good nutrition.

[@dina113east]

There have been clusters of TB in the 1930's and 40's. My Mother lost three siblings, but she never contracted TB. She never had a cold until she was in her 70's. I often wondered why she did not seem to be susceptible to sickness, even when her family was ill. I bring this up because the Government was studying people who lived beyond 90 without any of the common maladies that affect the elderly. I have never read anything about the results of this study and wonder if these individuals carried the Delta 32 gene mutation. Does anyone know about this study?

[@thelegion3682]

My aunt had the plague back in the 60s and the governor had the whole county quarantined for like a whole month. I reckon she lived in a town in kentucky sumwhere but I'm not entirely certain guys so dont hold me to that. She and my uncle were snorkeling around the coastline in the Philippines while my uncle was stationed there and apparently they discovered a little black box with jars full of great antique coins in it and when my aunt got home and had the coins out to clean them she contracted the plague. It was so sad because when i was little i never knew why my aunt sheila never had any children but come to find out it was because her fever had gotten so high while she was sick that it somehow damaged her reproductive system. Idk maybe the virus itself was directly responsible somehow. I wish i could hug her once more because she and my uncle don were always so good to me especially when my mom would bust my hind end when i got in trouble 😆😅. May they r i p. Thank you sooo much for educating me on this specific subject. I love the timeline series because they never fail to educate me. Thank you guys so much.

[@fatgrl1935]

Thank you to all the great minds who have made these breakthroughs for all mankind; the unsung heroes of history.

[@elizabethannegrey6285]

Than you for a really interesting video. The persistence of researchers has given the medical world a marvellous insight into genetic defences of certain survivors.

[@Hawk-qn2zk]

Fascinating research! Great documentary 👏

[@user-so1wr2oh1t]

Great spin at the end, wasn't expecting this to tie into today. I won't spoil it for anyone but definitely great documentary. 👍

[@sandraneiman5820]

I am currently under quarantine for a positive COVID 19 for two weeks. How awful it must have been for those quarantined for the plague. Forty days and no tv or internet.

[@jaymestratton6235]

You can't miss what you don't have! People in 1665 had no idea what a TV or internet was.

[@alanbourbeau24]

I sincerely hope that you made a full recovery. I myself had COVID-19 three times and thanks to the vaccines, I managed to recover from the virus. My mom had it as well and she managed to recover as well.

[@sadiemeyers6758]

I just read that Stephen Crohn died in 2013. Very sad. Losing so many people can really take a toll on you emotionally.

[@vrfvfdcdvgtre2369]

Suicide by drug overdose. The Bible would offer protection.

[@sookie4195]

Year of Wonders is a book inspired by Eyam, England. I am a RN, and have always enjoyed reading about the origin of disease. The plague also visited the Navajo Nation by way of fleas on prairie dogs and mice. I was exposed when a young doctor from the East coast lanced a bubo.

[@67marlins]

Fascinating, thanks for posting.

[@domingodeanda233]

Damn, that was pretty damn good. Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us.

[@mrx0088]

We all are descendants of those who had the genes to survive, aren't we?

[@2MaxVoltage]

laughs in native american

[@karenlm9062]

You are overlooking exposure, access to medical care, environment, hygiene, diet, wealth, habits, accidents, war/crime, and toxins/carcinogens. If anything, more people outlive their afflictions due to advancements in medicine, such as antibiotics. Also, there are inherited diseases that don't show up until late child bearing. An example is Parkinson's, which shows up after 40s; giving time to have children before the disease cuts life short. There is simply much more involved.

[@sislertx]

Nope not at all..less.than 1.percent

[@Starsk25]

I'm a descendant of Ghengis Kahn

[@zelenplav1701]

Immunity !! Which is caused by fresh good food and having the pregnant women living a physical and psychological good life. Stress kills. Epigenetics.

[@getjuliet]

The most amazing documentary I think I've seen. Thank you.

[@lindamariecrabb8210]

Absolutely fascinating genetic detective work

[@reevametz2593]

An excellent book (a novel) Year of Wonders has been written about this event and the village of Eyam. Well worth reading.

[@susanhopkinswarneke2335]

I am reading Year of Wonders for my book club right now! Geraldine Brooks is an excellent author. ❤️📚

[@robertabaker5260]

I read the Year of Miracles, too. Great book!

[@grizzlygrizzle]

3:40 She stops and corrects her use of "decimating," and substitutes "cutting swathes through." She's one of the few who knows that "decimate" is just a gruesome way of reducing by 10%.

[@amberkat8147]

Yeah, I noticed that too. I'm glad she did that, I'm so tired of people using it wrong. Like enormity- it doesn't just mean 'a large number' but people use it that way.

[@jenniferbryn]

ya, i caught that. it's nice to see someone knows the word's real meaning. she's got a good auto-correct ;)

[@joanneclarke771]

I picked up on her used of decimate also. It was so nice to hear the word used properly for a change.

[@grizzlygrizzle]

@@amberkat8147 -- One of the most ridiculous expressions I've heard is "absolutely decimated."

[@DansoyCook]

This was a great video. Love your channel.

[@charlottegracethompson2667]

I live close to Eyam, and every time I’ve been, I’ve been able to feel the eerie atmosphere

[@vote4anna]

There was another flu epidemic in ~1930s. In my Mother’s family 4 of eight children died. Her father died too, after praying over my Mom’s bed as she was also very sick with the flu. She recovered. Her Father had prayed that God would spare her and take him instead. She always felt that that trade happened.

[@martinrussell9726]

Something important is missing here. The carriers were the rats. Why didn't they contract the disease and die? And the other animals the fleas bite. Why no record of mass animal deaths? I can guarantee that people in that era ate animal flesh when they could get it. And why did the Duke of Devonshire and employees never get the plague? Unasked questions.

[@KimAhrina11]

@@martinrussell9726 make sense 🤔

[@DeniseKYurek]

What a touching an amazing story in your family . Thanks for sharing it . An heres another thought , God should have spared both daughter an father , since the Dad was willing to give his life for hers .

[@sarahmillard6401]

Why would a benevolent and loving god take the lives of four innocent children?

[@badgoat666]

Yeah, prayer had nothing to do with anything.

[@stevep5408]

Sounds like increased nutrition may have helped the ill survive. Plus the isolation may have made people nurse their neighbors whereas in the city people were trapped and ostracized!!

[@daddyleon]

I think that could've certainly contributed to it, yes. But don't discount the genes.

[@marcieconover0803]

Towards the beginning of the documentary they factored nutrition and hygiene in. It didn't make a difference. If you caught the plague it was most likely a death sentence

[@mauricepowers3804]

You must not have watched the whole documentary... nutrition had nothing to do with it!!!

[@patriciahino1379]

City dwellers all over the world have less sense of community.

[@boudecia22]

Well it's certainly true that life in the country was probably safer. Less people, cleaner water, better sanitation. But more likely a smaller gene pool so greater chance of gene reproduction.

[@NikoAbston]

such a lovely, well-produced documentary!

[@shellshell942]

I saw this on TV quite some time ago and always wondered why I didn't hear more about this research....

[@Tina06019]

Seven months ago, my family members asked me if “this coronavirus thing” was serious. I remember I told them that yes, it was definitely serious, but it isn’t serious like the Black Death was serious. My (generally Libertarian) brother was at first skeptical about the benefit of mask-wearing, but because he is a good citizen, he complied with the mask-wearing, social distancing and hand hygiene recommendations. I am so glad he has done so. As he said “there’s no reason not to be careful.”

[@moocyfarus8549]

Wearing a mask is actually the opposite of beneficial and in case you don't remember a few years back there was all sorts of science reporting that using hand sanitizer all the time with horrible cuz it's killing our natural immunity because we're not being exposed to little bugs. The Mask most people are wearing won't even keep out drywall dust let alone harmful things plenty of doctors have gone on record screaming at the top of their lungs that people should not be living in masks they just don't make it on mainstream news, the new shows you what you're supposed to think.. the other day I was in the store I walked down the aisle and I walked past two people wearing masks both of whom had a dry cough I know it wasn't Corona but it was probably something stupid and preventable that they gave themselves from breathing out nasty air and breathing it back in I am so happy that I have breathing difficulties and don't have to wear a mask. And even if I didn't have breathing difficulties I would then say I have religious obligations really if it's so deadly and so bad why is a religious obligation going to get you out of wearing a mask clearly it's a freaking farce. If it were anything like the Black plague they would have shut down borders immediately they wouldn't have to terrorize us on the news about it people would be dropping in the street nations would have halted travel from China!!!! my country has never not for one second stopped inbound flights from China! my cousin can't cross the border to come visit me up here but those flights from China don't freaking stop,, oh yeah BLM and antifa protesters are allowed to come to Canada and not quarantine and attend big events but my cousin couldn't cross the border so you tell me if this is really about your health because if you look at it without watching the news and like a rational person with an IQ over 80 it's easy to notice this has nothing to do with our health.

[@hannyhawkins7804]

Well done your brother, in putting the common good above his libertarian politics. The people of Eyam didn’t have any trouble understanding and acting upon this age-old human instinct. Humans are a balance of two opposite instincts, selfishness and altruism. In fact every human life is an epic tale of the struggle between these two basic instincts, isn’t it? It’s no surprise that those countries which rapidly and co-operatives embraced testing & contact tracing, isolation & quarantine, masks & social distancing are the ones which have best controlled our own pandemic, where life is now the most normal and are doing the best economically. A community that can’t/won’t make sacrifices for the greater good can’t fight an epidemic.

[@hannyhawkins7804]

@@moocyfarus8549 Masks are to protect other people from your water droplets. In this, they’re reasonably but not totally effective, as many research reports in peer-reviewed science and medical journals have reported. Remember, at the start of the pandemic, very little was known about the virus and how it was spread. Mistakes were made. But the experience of the many countries that have successfully controlled the virus show masks play an important role, as does hand-washing. Testing and contact tracing together with isolation and quarantine are the most important tools of all. And, yes, closing borders (properly) has also been a vital tool for successful countries. My country closed its borders to all non-residents very early. And most of Australia remained Covid-free, and life is pretty normal. I’m so sorry for America and the Uk, where policy has been very muddled, and for Europe, which doesn’t have the luxury of being able to close borders effectively. This won’t be our last pandemic. The next one might be worse. We must learn these lessons now. In fact, the most successful countries are the ones which had experience battling recent epidemics: SARS, h1N1 and Ebola.

[@kevinc809]

Youre right. I carry a medallion in my pocket to ward off Bear Attacks and I've never been attacked by a bear yet. Thank God I have this medallion No reason not to be careful. Gag your children all day with a bacteria laden clothe and deprive them of oxygen all day. Sheet, best not send htem to school ever again and keep them indoors forever. No reason not to be careful.

[@karaamundson3964]

Always careful = best. My many GOP family members were skeptical until my equally GOP Aunt Norma died of COVID. I think some still are...but not those in her *immediate* family.

[@kaifisshhh]

I swear the word “quarantine” gives me heart palpitations

[@dr.barrycohn5461]

Would your palpitations get worse or better actually in quarantine?

[@TracyW-me8br]

I used to think it was such a eerily dramatic word and now it’s life. I can’t stand hearing it anymore

[@julianciahaconsulting8663]

we used to just quarantine the segment of the population most at risk or infected....now for some reason we quarantine any entire population....but quarantining everyone isnt a quarantine as that runs contrary to the commonly used definition of "quarantine"...in covid case its more like an unjustified being held without consent on a national scale

[@jenniferrollins3904]

You should make a song about it that way it can help you get over it. Lol

[@veronicadejesus1052]

You have 40 likes 😊

[@debicaron6046]

Thank you so much for all the scientific research..I found this fascinating and hopeful..

[@janicesnyder9305]

Their is a great historical fiction book about this village by Geraldine Brooks entitled Year of Wonders. Not only does it examine who did and who did not die. PBS also did a documentary which expanded the story to the 20th century. How the plague helped scientist solve a 20th century disease is amazing.

[@mariacanto1871]

I really enjoyed this documentary, well explained and informative!

[@hglundahl]

Reminds - I'm at 13:38 - of a scene from the plague in Vienna. A busker known as little Augustin had drunk a bit too much, he was dragged off to a mass grave as presumed dead, and next time the guys came around, he was awake and hollering just before they could fill the mass grave. He didn't catch the plague despite contact with the corpses, perhaps (it was assumed) the alcohol in his blood disinfected everything. And he continued busking for years after the plague. Also 17th C.

[@OnlyJalonPhd]

Absolutely fascinating!!

[@Andrea-pm3dy]

Very good and thank you for your work and research.

[@jaimejaimeChannel]

Can I get some of this Delta 32 somewhere, like at Walgreen's?

[@johnmuller4014]

Yes. It's right next to the "genius IQ Booster" from Ronco.

[@pikiesmith9236]

I'm laughing..liked the Ronco comment

[@devong7124]

You can get it at Wal-Mart. .. contaminated Moths falling off illegals.... Seen it... Some of these moths come out of Africa and other countries. Bugs flying around, try to land on you to lay larvae!! Seen it!! Some look like dust balls, they aren't dust! Fibers like hair entwined. Some white, some brown. Full of parasites.. much coming from the Chemtrails!! Been dumping it since the 1990's. Morgellion! It's just dry skin, etc, no meds help it, then you get labeled paranoid. Guess the camera is paranoid too. What does help mix : bag balm, sulfur, ivermectin.. Frankense, myrrh. Rub on skin. .. .

[@rebeccarowland2533]

@@johnmuller4014 😂😂😂😂😂

[@kyleeats5331]

“Deadliest disease of the 21st century” well I think that was a little early to proclaim

[@markgreiser464]

it killed more people than The Wuhan ever will, and the Wuhan is in the 21st Century, not 20th. So, that said, what are you implying?

[@twix7745]

That was very interesting. I really enjoyed this. Ty

[@robyngillon4439]

That was mind-blowing thanks from Australia 👍

[@A-la-Weiss]

What a beautiful village...

[@tanyajuli4145]

The Delta 32 variant has been implicated in the differential susceptibility and severity of SARS/CV2 (Covid 19) as well. This story of Steven Obrien was also told (albeit differently) in Tales of the Dead, a network show quite a few years ago.

[@evelynmilne4683]

Anthony Fauci is guilty of gain of function research using the aids virus plus SARS 2 and a bat virus to concoct the Covid 19 bioweapon. Research Judy Mikovitch. She knows all about it and has been silenced.

[@joecoolioness6399]

@@evelynmilne4683 one problem with this. No person conspiring to do this could guarantee that no loved one of theirs would contract the "bioweapon" and die. Take off your foil hat, turn off fox news and your computer and go take a walk.

[@lookronjon]

Joe Coolioness No doubt. Forest Gump said on more than one occasion. Stupid is is stupid does. Boy was he spot on.

[@dreamerworld1495]

WOW. Thank you for this very incredible educational serie. Thank you

[@MGB-learning]

Outstanding video and presentation.

[@irfanbaloch7425]

Fascinating, wonderful and what a striking documentary. Watching this kind of stuff in a remote village in an empty room is a real charm.

[@roselee4445]

Interesting, where are you in the remote village, you get internet, must be Kenya, phones are awesome

[@irfanbaloch7425]

@@roselee4445 No its not Kenya. Pakistan!! Yes, phones are awesome. Future is faster than we think!!

[@zazaaziella16]

I heard rh negative people were a huge proportion of survivors , as well.

[@LTPottenger]

rh- people are much healthier in general, and not just disease resistance.

[@sislertx]

Not true