Infectious period of Black Death - Timewatch - BBC

Timewatch pieces together evidence from archival records to determine for long people were infected with the Black Death and, more crucially, how long they were infectious before they died. Fascinating clip from the Timewatch programme The Mystery of the Black Death. Watch more high quality videos on the BBC Worldwide YouTube channel here: http://www.youtube.com/bbcworldwide

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Entertainment

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• BBC
• Timewatch
• History
• Disease
• Black Death
• Plague
• 14th century

[Tokyoesque]

Could you please fu ... I mean ... chuck off with these Chuck Norris jokes. They got old real quick.

[johncrwarner]

This is suggesting that the commonly held views of the black death might be wrong - are the BBC going to release the full programme on youtube.

[englandinacan]

Full doco is here h ttp:// timelines. tv/index. php?t=0&e=5 (remove spaces)

Don't need to be in the UK to watch either!

[kumathebulldog]

@Tokyoesque they got old 6 years ago..

[JoeyFudd]

Actually, Chuck Norris is in bed with the sniffles and has no comment on this disease.

[M0U53B41T]

wow



[Neueregel]

@MoCityDon1508 Chuck Norris does not need to cure Black Death. He can resurrect all the victims

[Wh47n0w1517]

So it was not just black rats that were spreading the black death far and wide..!

[MoCityDon1508]

@Neueregel chuck norris blood is the cure.. to bad he dosent bleed

[Neueregel]

@MoCityDon1508 indeed. Actually Chuck Norris found the Cure for Black Death,

[MoCityDon1508]

chuck norris survived black death