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Justinianic Plague was nothing like flu and may have struck England before it reached Constantinople, new study suggests

'Plague sceptics' are wrong to underestimate the devastating impact that bubonic plague had in the 6th to 8th centuries CE, argues a new study based on ancient texts and recent genetic discoveries. The same study suggests that bubonic plague may have reached England before its first recorded case in the Mediterranean via a currently unknown route, possibly involving the Baltic and Scandinavia.

from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/11/211119085132.htm
Justinianic Plague was nothing like flu and may have struck England before it reached Constantinople, new study suggests Justinianic Plague was nothing like flu and may have struck England before it reached Constantinople, new study suggests Reviewed by cmakigo on November 24, 2021 Rating: 5

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