Comments by "Jake Alter" (@jakealter5504) on "What Hygiene Was Like During the Black Plague" video.

  1. Actually it’s got a low mortality rate (4-15%) IF you get treatment very early on in the infection, otherwise it’s nearly 100% fatal
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  2.  @leticiagarcia9025  he might’ve thought that he was talking about the bubonic plague but that could honestly be applied to all three versions of the plague. Hell, the pneumonic and sepicemic plagues were even worse than the bubonic plague
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  3.  @ynnosredd3190  yup
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  4.  @potatofuryy  it is compared to a 100% mortality rate
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  5. It’s not as bad as being an injured soldier during that time since most injuries would’ve resulted in amputation and would have a very high chance of getting infected
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  6.  @Aloysious0013  what the doctors saw was bad but better to see it but not endure the medical treatment then to be the one that is being operated on since the surgeons of the time didn’t know to sterilize their tools and there were no painkillers to help the patient
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  7.  @christophedenisleet3007  if the mortality rate is 100% then it’s guaranteed that you die
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