History Channel - The Plague part 6

[habitatdetention]

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[flameout12345]

no protection baby! hands on!

[KRAP96point6]

one man was coughing at the friggin doctor

[alanbourbeau24]

I myself caught the flu virus. It was the Influenza A virus to exact. There are many theories of how i got it. 1, i may have shaken too many hands in church. 2, i may have got it from someone at work. 3, I may have drinking too much of the Holy Eucharistic cup during mass or perhaps i haven't cleansed the house enough with cleaning supplies.

[2tame4fame]

If you're one of the archaeologists digging, just take a deep breath!

[buffer545]

@RobWillieJesse It's been hundreds of years since the plague happened, the bodies have decayed to bones a long time ago and the Y. pestis strain responsible for it is already extinct. In any case we have advanced medical methods to cure it now. Risk is pretty much null.

[canikostar99]

I love you. Because of all the videos and the movie called Black Death (Horrible movie actually) I made a video for World History and feel awesome.

[Joshwbhs2010]

They might catch the plauge from touching the bones

[MrsNorris55]

A news item today said scientists have positively identified a now-extinct (thank goodness!) strain of Yersinia pestis as the cause of the Black Plague. They are also suggesting it's possible the strain "co-operated" with another pathogen to create "the perfect storm."

[RobWillieJesse]

Virulent plague bacteria can survive dormant in soil, animal carcasses, grains, flea feces, dried sputum and buried bodies. It has been discovered still living in the soil where plague victims were buried in mass graves. ...And these fuckers are digging up the bodies of plague victims? WTF !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[wanker4761]

Can't someone get the English to pronounce their t's??

[Sherolo]

@wanker4761 I do.

[massemorder1]

the fact is that it was muslim that bombed european harbours with infected bodies

this is a known fact

[kisssexxx]

*A Rapid Spread of the Disease? *Yes, Fleas, Rats, Filth & Stupidity can be a major factor. But, *They are telling you that *They have No! Idea on how it was Spread so Quickly throught Europe! & Asia! or Exactly Where it came From! & Yet, Witnesses spoke of seeing Shiny, Silver, Shields! & Crosses!-(ufo's)-Flying in the distance Spraying/Dropping a Noxious Vapor! *aka:The Biological Virus's! Reasearch it for yourselves! *U.S. Govt.-$-&-$-Nazi War Scientists=HIV/AIDS!

[Bergertim]

The guy who is talking about the 'extremely rapid spread' mentions traveling by foot and horse, but he fails to mention boat travel, which was quite fast.

[xXSparky117Xx]

It must have been terrifying, it would be as if nothing was killing them.

[Wolfboy183]

the archaeologists arent wearing biohazard suits

[mrdexter86]

5 min long parts ? give me a break....

[thelunatiqcafe]

Everybody calm down.

[mvcleong1]

All you fools arguing over a re-enacment. *lmaos*

[Laylawantsthisname]

I am so glad we have better hygiene than they did now. Running water and plumbing and waste disposal.

[AC496]

@wardenphil I agree that when dealing with an unknown pathogen, safety measures should be met. For all the people saying the bacteria wouldn't be on the bones, bacteria can transfer from flesh to bone depending on what kind it is. Bacteria that has survived more than 600 years has also been found on and in human remains from the same time period. Bacteria has also been found that is nearly 2,000 years old. The only thing is that scene was a reenactment, but I do agree with u.

[maria610421]

@MrRambobrad: I work in the pharmacuticals too, who is paying you, Rockerfeller. The Lab burnt down the people manufacturing the ebola virus it became so potent, the people caught it, and the Lab was burnt down, there was one guy who was also working on the project, was in Hospital in london about 9 years ago. Why don't you go look it up. If there was not so many morons in this world, insted of insulting people they would look things up.

[maria610421]

The Black Rats is coming back, for those who don't know I dreamt of two today, because of all these cut backs the Rat population is growing at an allarming rate, in Europe.

[MeesterCrumpet]

I love how people still get bubonic plague even in america,thats great

[x0ticShwty]

I would never had survived back then...

[chocolatepoodle1]

I am soo glad I didn't live back then

[1Historygenius]

2:20 they look like there ready for a vacation not to dig up bodies that could contain a disease that can cause death.

[maria610421]

Don't let any of these Drug companies use their witches Brew to vaccinate anyones children they are trying to replicate the disease in labs. Avoid being vaccinated by these criminals.

[MrRambobrad]

@maria610421 what an ignorant, uneducated comment :/

[maria610421]

@MrRambobrad: You never heard about the Ebola virus, which was being invented in Africa, the people manufacturing the virus contracted it and died they had to burn down the lab. I don't think you have heard of Bio weapons. Don't be so dismissive.

[MrRambobrad]

@maria610421 i work in the pharmacuticals industry moron. That story you just made up is the biggest load of crap going. Ebola is a naturally occuring water born pathagen that after a chance muation developed the ability to contaminate human host. That story about people making the virus actually made me laugh. Your clearly 12 or on of those do good hippy people. do us all a favour and grow up. Type in small pox and decide weather you believe vaccination is a good or bad thing. Idiot...

[MeesterCrumpet]

@maria610421

is that a joke? im going to give you the benefit of the doubt and assume it was

[maria610421]

@MeesterCrumpet: No it's not a Joke, if you don't think they have stock pile of the DUBONIC plauge in labs in America, you are not ahead of the game. Have you heard about Dr Kelly he was working on Bio weapons in South Africa under Aparthide. There is more going on than you think.

[H0tkebab]

"Cutting edge science!"

Camera pans over to archeologists digging up a grave site without Bio Protection.

I wonder if archeologists will do the same 700 years to come with radioactive nuclear sites?

[xPinkStrifex]

@H0tkebab bacteria has to have a host to survive. So if the host is dead(by 500 years) I would bet it's safe to dig them up in Hawaiian shirts. Not to mention with modern antibiotics we can cure most bacteria infections in the first place...

[MeesterCrumpet]

@xPinkStrifex

they absolutely do not need a host to survive

[Skyeblue28]

@xPinkStrifex Bacteria do not need to have hosts to survive, only virus' do in order to replicate.

[RorschachB1]

it was air born dumass

[DarthTemplar312]

poor italy =(

[nateguch]

Apocalypse

[nateguch]

apocalyps

[tulipgirl9898]

omg this really helped with my school project :0

thanks a bunch!!!

[ljanpdol21]

my mom don't cover her nose when she sneeze and I said- "gosh ma, can u cover ur nose please.... ok!." We should bring our sanitizer everyday!

[Rapidfyr3]

Yeah people! Cover your Funken mouths when you cough. GAWD!!!!! 0.o

[sakurashinra]

@wardenphil I totally agree with you about the lack of biosuits or other security measures. If the archeologists are digging up some kind of unknown pathogen and it has managed to survive that could put the whole world in jeopardy. STUPID!!

[solomonkain]

@ 1:20 : Ninja

[eurasianchica]

Everyone knows its true, but it still amazes me that those remains and bones were all people at one point living lives like us and then dying such a horrible death. I wonder what they would have thought of people digging up their skulls and examining them...

[joeblowthehot]

ya really!!!!

[WoebringerofDoom]

digging up black death victims!!!!? are you FUCKING STUPID? IF THAT SHIT GETS LOSE AGAIN ALOT OF PEOPLE WILL DIE!! LEAVE IT BURRIED!!

[Clairescool99]

Very interesting vidio. Thank you.

[MissRoberts1986]

sooo, some survived because they had a natural immunity? darwinism strikes again!

[eliterammer]

@MissRoberts1986 now where did that come from ?

[kryckeestrooff]

@MissRoberts1986 Maybe they survived because they were pious, and Mr dipshit monkey man had nothing to do with it! No one living then is alive now to tell what really happened!!!!!!!!

[Bethalaine]

I agree that it was pneumonic plague. I'm not a doctor but it just seems more reasonable since you have to get bitten to get bubonic plague... but you need simply be coughed on to receive pneumoic.

[IExposeMormonism]

minute 3:35 "the virus was somewhat unique". Is that a technical term to help us understand something? Some what unique? Just what was it, some what speaking?

[thissnowtastefunny]

@Queenofreading1

why thank you :D

[MissJuneBennett]

No way in hell it was Ebola....Ebola burns it self out too fast.

[ScytheWing0120]

Same with anthrax. People have already disproved that. However they did find an interesting theory- those with the gene mutation Delta 32 had a better chance or surviving/never catching the plague. :)

[blossom114]

There was another show (it might have been on the history channel) that investigated a small town or whatever in Europe that was filled with descendants of survivors of the plague. it seemed that they shared a rare gene that made them immune to it.... quite interesting really.

[cmack63]

@blossom114 I saw that show. I believe it was on PBS. IIRC they said the same gene protected people from AIDS.

[Zeldafan69x]

What if it spread by birds?

Could birds contract it?

[thissnowtastefunny]

i'm a bird O_O

i don't know maybe

[QNELSON2]

grave diggers were close to the disease so they developed a trong inmune system? I guess.

[thissnowtastefunny]

by immune system you mean dead in a hole? :D

[ymaify]

poor england........ hope the us never gets that!!!!

[wardenphil]

Starting at 2:00, I am appalled at the lack of Bioprotection by the diggers. Considering the very reason they are there is because they don't know what deadly agent is involved, why would they assume it is now harmless?

[BFGUITAR]

Whether the bacteria are there or not doesn't matter. Bacterial infections today are easily cured by simple antibiotics.

[wardenphil]

Easily? Simple? Not all antibiotics kill all bacteria. I reiterate that, not knowing for sure what agent was involved, better precautions ought to have been taken.

[BFGUITAR]

I am saying that if it's a bacterial agent, they do not need to worry. I do not know of any bacteria that are resistant to every antibiotic we have. Not to mention that chances are we have already come in to contact with the same bacteria that caused the black plague, or at least something very similar to it.

[wardenphil]

When you say "I do not know...", that is the whole point. I can tell you for a fact that, in modern deadly epidemics (Ebola, Lassa, etc.), they take samples of the agent to labs where they run tests to see how deadly it is, what environments it can live in, and what will kill. From these observations, they determine what protections are appropriate. But until all this is done, they treat the agent with the highest hazard classification.

[BFGUITAR]

Ebola ans Lassa are viruses. They knew that the plague was caused by bacteria. Very different.

[topayo]

and that archeologist girl cant even speak french, very horibly

[Jb4lifenatalie]

its called a canadian-french accent ..

[Finn001abd]

wardenphil: Yeah, I watched that in horror. Unbelievable carelessness.

[star3catcher]

@wardenphil It is, actually. The bacteria is just like the bodies. It's dead, but it's still there.

[wardenphil]

@star3catcher Would you bet your life on this? I sure wouldn't.

[BirdKiller2]

@wardenphil

You are aware that those people are simply actors with the whole scene being fake right? Most likely just overlooked by those who produced it.

[wardenphil]

@BirdKiller2 I'm referring to the present day researchers.

[HedebBast]

@wardenphil we're actually immune to that strain of bubonic plague now.

[wardenphil]

@HedebBast : You can try that out youself if you want to...I'll still try to stay out of its way.

[Socoolscienceshow]

@HedebBast Some people are so stupid hey, you would think ppl would understand that we are the survivors of those who survived the black plague. LOL

[HedebBast]

@Socoolscienceshow I know.

Here's how virus' work...they attack, our white blood cells attack it, they eventually kill it...the immune system has a record of that virus so we can't get that strain again. If the virus mutates...well, we'll get it again, and the cycle goes around and around. This is the basis of immunisation. We can also get immunity from our mother when we're in the womb, and from her milk...and her mother before her, etc, therefore we are immune from that strain of plauge.

[kryckeestrooff]

@wardenphil Exactly! It wiped out millions so let's go dig it up, if nothing else at least me might find a new biological weapon! Some scientists are so fucking stupid, all they know how to do is create death and destruction!On a side note since 2003 we've had endemics like Bird flu and Swine flu, who's to say these aren't related to what is being done here!

[Socoolscienceshow]

@wardenphil I am thumbs downing your comment not because Im mean but because of your lack of understanding of simple 3rd grade science. The plague can not live for 600 years and therefore would be of no harm to the ppl who dig up the bones of those who had the plague 600 years ago. Plus we are the survivors of the those who lived through the black plague & there fore, we would all be immune from that specific version of the black plague.

[wardenphil]

@Socoolscienceshow PART I:

O.K. Let's now talk about some grown-up science.

1. Many types of bacteria, lacking a suitable medium for growth, will build spores around themselves, against the day when conditions are again favorable. Antharax is but one example - in WWII, the British did a test on an island off the Scottish Coast. That island remained infectious for decades, until it was decontaminated by stripping off all the topsoil.

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[wardenphil]

@Socoolscienceshow PART II: CONTINUED

...topsoil.

2. Hereditary immunity doesn't pass down as simply as you suggest, and after 600 years, to rely on THAT would be bad science.

3. As I pointed out before, they are digging up this site precisely because they don't know for sure what agent is involved. In any hazardous situation, reliance on safety interlocks or perceived knowledge of the hazard is never to be assumed. In the case of potential biohazards, on NEVER....

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[wardenphil]

@Socoolscienceshow PART III: CONTINUED

...NEVER deliberately exposes onself to the hazard (unless he is in the third grade).

When you ASSUME something, you make an ASS out of U and ME. I'll leave you take care of the third grade science - I'll stick to grown-up science. I'm not trying to be mean either, but you sound like the kind of person who would do something stupid in a biolab and get a lot of people killed.

[d00dAccount]

@wardenphil Wow, you just owned the kid beyond belief... anyways, good job. I'm also impressed by the lack of safety measures taken by those archaeologists.

[wardenphil]

@d00dAccount thanks.....

[Spick297]

@wardenphil because back then peasants didn't even know that sickness was a virus or bacterium they thought it was a curse from god or random chance or lack of balance in the boy so they didnt think that by handling a dead body they'd become infected

[shoshanish]

@Spick297 dude hes talking about the diggers from 2003 XD.

[Spick297]

@shoshanish ah well in that case: the disease wouldn't be spread from contact with a body unless you had an cut, sore etc

[OneLazyNinja]

@wardenphil While my initial reaction is to disagree (only because of the life and death cycles of bacteria) if I'm honest, I have to agree with you regardless. I find it surprising too. It's not unfair to consider this a hazzmat situation.

I thought they were pretty sure it was caused by some kind of Yersinia. But now there's some speculation that it was some kind of anthrax. They ARE kind of dumb not to suit up.

[monkeyshoes69]

@wardenphil Its a reinactment lol or do you think every dig goes around with camera's with great shots all round

[residentevil568]

@wardenphil there wasn't any flesh to contain the contaminant so it was safe also it had been underground for 600 years

[senhuan]

@wardenphil Because they believed that evil spread it, not something you can protect yourself from by practical means.

[wearerocketscientist]

@senhuan that scene was from 2003 lol. there is a probability that it was just a reenactment, but still.

[konanuk]

@wardenphil without a host like a live human or a flea bacteria can't live 300 years, plus is probably a acted.

[idontnowat2namedisXD]

@wardenphil cause it was 600 years ago

[HemaFTW]

@wardenphil Jezus chirst thats such a dumb comment. These bodies have been dead and buried for hundreds of years do you really think they're still contagious ?

[wardenphil]

@HemaFTW Dumb is assuming that no biohazard exists, just because of the passage of time. Pathogens can survive in the environment a long time. Bubonic Plague is spread by bacteria - with no host available, bacteria will form spores, against the day when a new host becomes available. Also, as the video states, there is some doubt that it WAS Bubonic Plague - in that case, all bets are off as to what the diggers could be getting into. When you ASSUME, you make an ASS out of U and ME.

[HemaFTW]

@wardenphil Listen smartass im pretty sure those expert who have studied years for this know more about what is save and what is not than some random youtuber. Please stop acting like you know what's going on ;)

[wardenphil]

@HemaFTW  Just give it up......

[HemaFTW]

@wardenphil Well your the one with the stupid comments not me. It's like watching surgery and yelling ooooh my good look at how dangerous that is he could get an infection or cut some wrong places!! I'm pretty sure the experts know what they're doing. Dumbass

[wardenphil]

@HemaFTW Any you are the one with the smart mouth. Shut up and SMD.

[HemaFTW]

@wardenphil Read the comments again m8. I'm not the one that thinks he knows it better than the people that have studied this for years. That makes you the smartass not me ;) And you know this damn well :P Pwned

[KayBeeEee1983]

@wardenphil You're assuming that this is actual footage of the dig.

[thelunatiqcafe]

@KayBeeEee1983 I'm assuming he believes this is a representation of actual events - I doubt anybody would be so stupid as to believe this is real footage.

[KayBeeEee1983]

@thelunatiqcafe We're talking about the footage of the archaeological dig at 2:00. I hope you don't think we're talking about actual footage during the plague of the 14th century.

[alexx10769]

@wardenphil Hopefully they're just actors...

[STOPTHEEU]

@wardenphil We're talking about a time when prayer was considered a possible medicine!

[adarkenedmind]

I love that poetic bit of writing. It's very beautifully expressed.

[aTruster]

It's not poetic, it's prophetic.

Blessings, H.

[FatGuy]

It's from the Bible

[ryrykenny]

wait why is it that if some people dig up dead people its called science and archeology but when others do it its called grave robbing and is frowned upon??

[ghostdivision7]

Archeologists don't do it to enrich themselves (they are supposed to) and they also show interest in the worthless objects.

[rdvd7]

Just wondering, did the Rats that carried it die as well?

[Soldierman345]

maybe

[xenomorph713]

In rats the first encounter with the plague is epidemic and much like it was in humans the rats die off very quickly. But this can't go on forever because the the disease would burn out all hosts and die off. Eventually the rats build up resistances and the disease becomes endemic within their poulations. Chicken pox is endemic which means the disease is no longer deadly and is balanced. But the rats can still transmit it to "virgin soil" and it will become epidemic again.

[rdvd7]

Oh, thanks, that makes sence now.

[Baseballschaap]

we humans must have built some resistance to it as well, else we wouldn't be here, think of it this way: we're the offspring of the survivors...

[thissnowtastefunny]

the few people that did survive may have but so few survived idk

[ryrykenny]

im pretty sure they did because they fleas only really went for humans when the rats died out i think

[westham1516]

nice vid thxs 4 uploading