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No great equalizer: Young laborers were hit hardest by early modern plague
A multidisciplinary archaeological team has examined plague burials from a 17th-century monastery turned hospital in Basel, Switzerland, shedding light on how social status impacted plague mortality in Early Modern Europe. Their study, "All equal in the face of death? Life histories of confirmed victims of the last plague epidemic in Basel," is published in the journal Antiquity.
When the Covid-19 hit the planet in 2020, many scientists began to question what role social inequalities played in the face of pandemics. Several studies showed that factors such as socioeconomic level, housing, type of employment and ethnicity determined the risk of infection and mortality.Continue reading...
Researchers draw parallels between plague victims and COVID-19 pandemic
When researchers examined plague burials from a 17th century hospital in Switzerland, they found that a majority of victims were young labourers, indicating how social status can impact mortality during an infectious disease outbreak.
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