Scientists Finally Discover the Origin of The Black Death

[@eliasjazz]

Ibn khaldun a famous historian and philosopher of that period who withnessed the pandemic of the black death asserted that plague “devastated nations and caused populations to vanish,”and recorded in his autobiography that it killed his parents and almost all the scholars in Tunis. this is just tiny overview about how catastrophic that pandemic was

[@TrumpWonTwice]

Ayre bi ibn khara bi ayre

[@believeinmatter]

Looking back it’s easy to see the mistakes they made, but then you realize the primitive understanding of biology they had, its surprising we survived at all

[@mr.wescottx7129]

For real

[@RonBest]

It's belived the 1/3 that didnt die had natural immunity against the plague. And since that significant case of natural selection, almost all people today are decendants to these guys, with same inherited immunity, which is why the disease can exist today without massive outbreaks or pandemics, because we no longer contract and spread it in great numbers because we are mostly immune.

[@rickdiaz427]

No carrier, no virus.

[@Dakblasta]

Lol no it’s not surprising at all actually

[@Bern_il_Cinq]

It’s not surprising. Life has over a billion years of survival history here, we’ve gotten really good at it. Besides, if the plague was too fatal it would die out itself.

[@SilentJnation]

Does the narrator never get tired from doing this every day? It's a lot of work.

[@xEuryale]

Think about the people doing the animations

[@SilentJnation]

@@xEuryale Yeah the whole staff has a different work ethic

[@elissitdesign]

He’s used on other channels as well. Busy dude.

[@olas16k]

@@xEuryale I'm not trying to be THAT guy but it's very simple animation with repetitive movements most of the time. I'm sure it wouldn't take a skilled animator very long considering the amount of quality videos that this channel pumps out. They do great work!

[@efwfew]

@@olas16k actually it probably would take somebtime since, even if it's some basic animation, it seems that it's not re used character or background, so they have to create new one depending on the video. I'm sure there are multiple people on it though

[@Efgdz]

Yersinia Pestis is the connected to the Plague of Justinian which was 900 years before the medieval plaque. So it’s less of the origin of the disease and more of the origins of that specific pandemic.

[@ldddd546]

I always loved these guys simplistic and quick animation style

[@roberteischen4170]

I heard there were some strains that were so potent, it goes from infection to fatality in 12 hours. Evolution demanded it slow down, because if it was too effective, everyone would be gone before it could spread.

[@Python085]

It's important to remember this and be better prepared to fight and defend from an outbreak like this in the case of another epidemic that may or not be worse.

[@khpoon5424]

so scp 049 was right!

[@sylviodante619]

Nipper, Marburg virus, Lassa fever, Chicken Gunnya, Crimean Congo Haemorrhagic Fever, Ebola, Monkeypox, Rift Valley Fever, Are just some of what the epidemiologists are currently tracking and expecting a pandemic from next. Non of witch we are prepared to fight, because to be prepared cost money. Money that is currently used for tax cuts for millionaires and corporations.

[@yuzhuocao5663]

It was in East Asia too.

[@Nicole_blue0406]

I don’t think it was just the bubonic plague but also the pneumonic plague. They both came from the same bacteria but they are different variations. The Bubonic plague isn’t airborne but the pneumonic plague is. So I think it’s more possible that both were spreading. However they actually aren’t completely sure which of the three variations the bacteria took, they think it’s possible it could’ve been all three.

[@Ghostbillies606]

Are any variations contagious by skin contact?

[@Smoothalcoholic]

@@Ghostbillies606 The flees that carry it can jump roughly 2meters. bacteria and virus cant infect you through the skin unless you have been wounded.

[@launch4]

Does anyone know what happens to the infected lymph nodes once a bubonic plague victim is given a large dose of antibiotics? Even if every trace of Yersinia Pestis could be magically scoured from the body in an instant, what happens to all the areas that were damaged in the meantime? Can those grotesquely swollen lymph nodes heal?

[@jessiejones6633]

The swelling goes down as the nodes return to normal size. The body has an amazing ability to heal itself. Your skin can stretch an amazing amount with no visible change and come back to normal as long as the swelling is not prolonged.

[@doctorluchart8232]

I don't think so unlike smallpox (variola major) that leaves scars all over the body

[@scottmiller1297]

Yes it would go down but the skin would be permanently scarred would be no different really than a rattlesnake bite it masticates the skin literally dissolving flesh maybe muscle you would definitely have scars

[@launch4]

@@scottmiller1297 Thanks. Seems it all comes down to what extent the body is able to deal with large areas of necrotic tissue.

[@rayoflight62]

Thanks for the informative video. Please, don't forget about the continuation of your video "100 days - The Fallout". Thank you...

[@jodishapiro9257]

Agreed I want that follow up video

[@bumba5897]

On the plus side, at least it forced a lot of change an innovation...

[@jasoncalahaisen7224]

what is innovation if it only drives us even closer to extinction?

[@bumba5897]

@@jasoncalahaisen7224 Very true!

[@meme-di1oy]

@@jasoncalahaisen7224 humans never listen to warning signs unless it directly starts effecting them. A good example of this right now is climate change.

[@paratatruc]

It contributed greatly to the emancipation of the peasants and the end of serfdom in western Europe due to the labor shortage it caused.

[@lukesanderson21751]

Saw this notification and almost thought it was from scp explained lol.

[@susheelkrishna5597]

The information provided in this video is really helpful. Thank you @TheInfographsShow for presenting these type of content in a creative manner.

[@robertdeffenbaugh9004]

It would be scary if those creepy Doctors still exist.

[@bobflemming100]

Medical malpractice is the leading cause of death in the US

[@AbyssScythe]

And Thus SCP 049 The Plague Doctor was created

[@adammorgan1776]

Interesting video. I am curious what the music is you're using in the background though?! What is it called? I love the atmosphere it gives

[@meloviiii]

Claim your "here before this gets recommended to everyone" ticket

[@LITTLEJET]

People living in areas where the Black Death did not go are sooooooooo lucky!

[@cwaldrip]

Rats that were widespread because the Catholic Church decided cats were evil and massacred them, leading to the wide spread of rats with their fleas…

[@sageseeker9197]

Karma doing it's work

[@dwightnorton3398]

Nice Video

[@Leftatalbuquerque]

Anyone reading this had ancestors that survived.

[@slcparis2]

Except native Americans, south Americans, aboriginals ECT

[@indigenousamerican3148]

My ancestors survived

[@slcparis2]

Was listing people's who were not affected

[@georgislavov8130]

...or where never infected.

[@kaiakk727k]

@@indigenousamerican3148 Mine too

[@GamerKru1996]

Humanity's lucky they survived the Bubonic Plague

[@maxwellgrove1454]

That Resident Evil one intro track always hits hard !!

[@MFamstar1]

Your Channel is awesome!!! SEMPER FI!!!

[@loke6664]

There is still a few problems.. If rats were the main spreader how come that the plague spread so fast and wide inland? I mean, I can buy ship rats spreading it but rats doesn't actually wander that much, which is why the plague in San Francisco mainly affected the harbor district (rats tend to have about a kilometer territory and rarely wander that much). I don't buy them stoving away in caravans. And villages and towns that isolated themselves usually survived, you can stop humans from entering your town but not rats. I fear that the only solution to these problems is that the fleas were on humans. While the plague can spread directly between humans, you are so sick by then that you are unlikely to travel. But I guess it is easier to blame the rats, they rarely make anyone happy. Rats have spread plague several times, in India and the before mentioned plague in San Francisco 1900-1904. People kinda assumed the black death spread the same way but that doesn't work with what really happened. The plague spread at the rate of a walking human inland and the plagues we know had rats spreading it only spread fast in places with ships.

[@TheMormonPower]

The latest information says the plague was spread in two ways. 1. By lice and fleas on people. 2 By pneumonic plague IE by people coughing and sneezing on each other.

[@sm-lh8hv]

We live in a different time period , pests were much more abundant back in the 1300's there was also an extreme hatred and mass killings of cats in this time period which aided in the rats spreading it , they believed cats were associated with witch craft and the devil

[@ferociousfil5747]

Yes the rats are a theory with holes in it, I think it’s just people blaming rats when it was actually mostly human to human…

[@sm-lh8hv]

@@ferociousfil5747 the actual culprit was the fleas , they were carried by rats , of course after that it was human to human but the fleas were the original culprit

[@DrgnLdyLizzie2001]

It wasn't the rats. It was FLEAS on rats. The infected fleas were on people, livestock and yes, rats. Also, during the time, many countries were going through "witch trials" and killing "familiars" like cats.

[@database_enjoyer3000]

agreeing to the fact that theres still a disease from the 1300s *among us* is horrifying, the fact we can still get it today, the fact people die alone and cold from a disease is all horrifying, i hope these scientists can stop it

[@zmandemon3]

AMONG US?????

[@dextermorgan1]

@@zmandemon3 Did you listen to the video?

[@dextermorgan1]

From the sound of it, they would actually be pretty hit when they died. 🤷‍♂️

[@G-neet]

among us

[@G-neet]

sus

[@juniijanaka1120]

Info gather is perfect

[@Thatonegirl_scruffy]

I was just “plagued” with knowledge.

[@DankDragon62]

🤭

[@vizuren]

Haha very funny

[@donm5354]

2:22 Reminds me of a classic quote from SEALAB 2021 [Suspecting that a "sick" child has the bubonic plague] Captain Murphy: "I'll bet your lymph nodes are as big as cats!"

[@Brandonian]

This is a awful way to go, it’s bone chilling. Everyone, stay safe!

[@zsomborpirok695]

What about the Justinian plague?

[@GreatBritianandNorthernIreland]

Scientists: not enough evidence Me that saw a quadrillion evidence that enough evidence

[@atomicdemise]

what I don't like about this vid- every animated character looks like they are about to fall down, sick with vertigo . "Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV). BPPV occurs when calcium crystals in your inner ear - which help control your balance - are dislodged from their normal positions and move elsewhere in the inner ear" that's what this video is really about lol

[@mungoman540]

Reallly off topic but if you are still willing to do you vs series I would REALLY like to see one with pyramid head

[@haileyanderson7119]

Im here love your videos but which country did it start?

[@leojones22]

Kansas

[@gingerfuu9174]

@@leojones22 no, Arkansas

[@ddz1375]

Kyrgyzstan

[@sleepyjoe4529]

America

[@Kit42069]

it makes me so sad when people just blame rats. like the rats were minding their own business. people always seam to forget that the real cause of the spread was fleas and poor hygiene

[@bobflemming100]

I know, it’s very antisemitic 😢

[@katexx4]

​@@bobflemming100...antisemitic means anti Jew.

[@bobflemming100]

@@katexx4 guess again

[@NoobifyedSandwhichcat]

Wow finally they found out your vids are great!

[@RKJ-c7k]

This actually make sense.

[@smorphous8928]

Great now we can show SCP 049 this so he doesn’t turn everyone into zombies.

[@cosmojuicer]

Everytime I see an image of a plague doctor. It's got to be SCP 049

[@madisondean1074]

I'd like to see how SCP 049 would react to seeing an actual victim of the plague!

[@tuvelout]

great background music

[@kingsage7195]

Heyooo Could you guys make a video on being a Navy EOD

[@MacTechG4]

It was started by SCP-049? Makes sense…

[@jebb21]

This has been knowledge for years

[@sir.2015]

Its a re upload.

[@travisconfer2255]

I'm confused they knew this for years. what's the part they finally discovered

[@flackstar007]

It tends to be a journey and that involves waiting until a theory can be proven beyond a reason of a doubt. So they would of known about the theory, but it took time for them to be able to find enough evidence to prove the theory true.

[@awesometastic-1017]

Science is a LOT of trial and error before deciding anything is truth. As technology evolves, especially, biologists and chemists gain a better understanding of the world. Even now, as they said that people still get it, we continue to look for why and how to stop it once and for all.

[@jme214]

​@@awesometastic-1017you and @flacksyat did not ansswer the question. Answer their question.

[@ironlegion1580]

plaque doctor:did someone said Pestilence

[@theHedgex1]

What's crazy is that there are still cities and villages that haven't been discovered since everybody died by the Black death still in Europe. Happy hunting.

[@vladimirovna2478]

I dont know what you mean about we just recently found out how people were infected. I was taught in middle school 8-ish years ago that it's was caused by fleas on rats.

[@RoastHardy]

Me too, but it's safe to state Infographics did their homework, for sure.

[@anthonygaming0246]

Wait a second.. the pestilence? Maybe that’s why SCP-049 the Plague Doctor is always crazy about the pestilence..

[@bonariablackie4047]

I accept that this is an oversimplification. However, fleas do not leave living rats. Rats are every bit as susceptible to Plague as humans and all mammals are. The fleas will leave the dead rat. In the Black Death, the rat was Rattus Rattus, the black ship rat. These rats stayed at the ports where they found themselves. It was there that they died en masse. The fleas could travel via cloth, wool, baskets and other goods collected by merchants from ports. It is there that the merchant would get bitten initially. They would then bring the disease to their village or town via the fleas in their wares and via themselves. It should also be noted that some time ago, the University of Marseilles established that body lice that had bitten an infected person was able to infect another family member when they moved from the dead to the living. Given that families slept in one bed, with a straw mattress, it is clear that what wiped out entire families was infected body lice moving from infected family members to other members and spreading from those that died to the rest of the family. In addition, a lot of families had mammals in their accommodation all of whom could also have spread plague. So how the Black Death spread at the speed it did, and how it killed so many is far more complex than talking about rats and fleas.

[@jakeg3126]

I wonder how scary it had to be back then.

[@Fr0zenNightmare]

Imagine if you know 3 people most likely at least 2 of them will die

[@jakeg3126]

@@Fr0zenNightmare That's probably worse thinking about it that way.

[@BiteMe19781]

The Black death wasn't one single disease they are two distinct diseases with different symptoms that hit at different times are they both thought to originate from the same place

[@Nicole_blue0406]

What was the second disease?

[@simonhealey9253]

@@Nicole_blue0406 I think the other form was pneumonic plague

[@hffar6627]

Bro pls do second series of nuclear apolcolypse pls.

[@Duality-Mode]

Yeah, bro

[@no1brookrilla]

Plague doctors will always remind me of scp 049.

[@gokublackssjr9335]

I picked the wrong video to watch while eating 😭

[@wilmoney4619]

This isn’t new. This has been known for a long time…

[@antsjp6230]

I’m gonna have a history class which is gonna be outdated for the Black Plague after summer vacation. Shoot.

[@brucebergkamp]

Did ppl try to pin it on China and East Asia too? Thanks for the researchers and their hard work for finding the truth and justice

[@AmericansFinest1235]

I always loved the black death, I have the mask and the clothes of a Plauge Doctor

[@pro_master2486]

I am sure if it visits you then you would not love it. But I guess the costume is ok

[@nolife097]

I think you meant you live the doctors outfit... Not the actual plague

[@cosmojuicer]

@@ThrillSeeker3524 I am the cure.

[@AmericansFinest1235]

You all are the cure

[@pro_master2486]

@@nolife097 I said the costume is fine

[@caydenward9773]

5 seconds ago is crazy💀

[@CHECHNYA3017]

I am so happy that i did not live in the old days... Be happy for what you have and for what is happening because it may not happen again.

[@圈天抢圈]

So true , my brother are you Chechen?

[@CHECHNYA3017]

@@圈天抢圈Yes i am

[@diversejoe617]

European in the middle ages: Help I'm in so much pain Black death doctor: *So you have chosen death*

[@quickbets6061]

The plaque doctor outfit still so fleek

[@funnyvideo-vn9kl]

Let's not focus on the past Let's focus on the future.

[@Suzzers]

History is so we learn from it and don't repeat the same mistakes. It makes us what we are. Without history, what are we?

[@funnyvideo-vn9kl]

@@Suzzers true but what did you learn form the past like there is worse things in the past then now.

[@afroperson7762]

Black Death started with the first person to eat garlic and not brush their teeth

[@Smokey42096]

Very cool

[@janeewinn2384]

I was just talking about this disease earlier

[@trasherjr5397]

Finally found out what 049 meant by the pestilence

[@Fr0zenNightmare]

What is 049?

[@ericastones1052]

Diseases have been around the billions of years as bacteria was the first life to developed and evolved for the first land creature left the water and here we are billions of years later and we still got diseases still to this day.

[@sir.2015]

I didn't knew that thx for the bio lesson

[@Makem12]

I'm not trying to be "that guy", but wasn't the location where the scientists say the plague originated from a part of the territory of the Yuan dynasty of China? The Chagatai Khanate region I believe. So wouldn't it still be true that the plague originated in China?

[@vizuren]

Technically

[@sageseeker9197]

That's before, actually, they just tracked it further. The first known 'outbreak' was in China in 224 BC. But, science isn't a one track process. What we're defining as "the first case" is actually "the oldest case we can possibly find within out abilities to research which are limited" which is why you don't just stop with science, you do it again, and again as you get new stuff and techniques.

[@kaelanreynolds9762]

Looks like you should make a compilation.

[@Sitharos]

SCP-049 will save us.

[@cosmojuicer]

He is the cure.

[@ALL_that_ENDS]

I was just wondering where this dang plague was started,

[@Asdcoolot]

THEY SAID IT

[@Real_gandalf]

Crusader kings 2 Was kinda accurate since the plague starts in asia

[@christopherlussier4383]

still does not explain how it came to be.

[@jetarg154]

Came here because i thoight this was an scp video. Mistook the thumbnail for scp-049.

[@Yo3j2442]

Starts @3:30

[@TiberiusTheLivingLegend]

Jesus this thing is hundreds of years old

[@turtleman9522]

How do you start again

[@jhect22]

Solution: adopt a cat.

[@jamesholland5139]

Cats can get fleas

[@Golden_Sweat14]

Yeah so your cat can catch the disease and give it to you that way. Genious.

[@BlackyBrownDestruction9337]

How do you make the cure

[@vintagememelord8168]

I told my Biology teacher Ersinia Pestis is a bacteria and she told she'd never heard of it :\

[@trainer_boy]

bcs hes not smart?????????

[@vizuren]

The Black Death is scary.

[@_Qu3so_]

The guy in the thumbnail looks like bloodhound from Apex Legends, is that just me?

[@johnthompson8129]

All very interesting, except for the fact that the Black Death was NOT Bubonic Plague.

[@cbizzy2009]

So it came from ticks biting rats then biting humans...

[@Toulkun]

Music name?

[@1Lomero]

Pls make video about estonian war of imdependence

[@beansoda2772]

Why did I think this was gonna be a video on scp-049

[@suruchichitrakar6293]

Same 💀

[@theathleticnerd_]

Only real ones remember the “I am “ channel🤧

[@erniebuchinski3614]

Fuggin' fleas . . . 😮‍💨

[@ChrisSmith-lo2kp]

docile black rats were often kept as pets, perfect vectors for a flea-borne disease, while today's aggressive yet reclusive norwegian brown rats aren't as efficient a disease vector

[@bcchiriac4512]

The single location and bacteria is the cause that change the whole world forever and if it didn't happen most of us would probably not be here today because if the pandemic didn't exist. Once again pain is the worst teacher but often teaches us important lessons.

[@stew6302]

I expect Bob Beck protocol will treat it

[@joffreybaratheon4904]

But the bubonic plague was around during Justinian’s reign

[@CHAMPIONEDITS656]

I’ve officially unlocked a new fear 😬

[@alexandrazohn9181]

Whÿ

[@Bxcream]

5:39 Ted (The Milk Man) Nivison

[@gerardosoto8878]

Imagine the research this man due to make a video

[@why-kc1bz]

Thought this was gonna explain the origins of SCP 049 🤔