Black Death may not have been spread by rats after all(gavi.org)

1 pointsby KeithBrink3 lata temu2 comments

Black Death may not have been spread by rats after all

https://www.gavi.org/vaccineswork/black-death-may-not-have-been-spread-rats-after-all

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ftxbro3 lata temu

> "Regardless of how the various European waves of the second pandemic began, both wild and non-wild rodents - rats, first and foremost - move much slower than the pace of transmission around the continent."

OK but rats can also move with humans, in boats and carriages or when any other kind of goods or merchandise are transported.

downrightmike3 lata temu

I thought we figured out it was hamsters?