The moronic plague
<p>There is a lot to unpack here. Firstly, I find it hard to see how a scholarly analysis of plague-related morbidity in the 14th Century could possibly damage trust in the UK’s health services in 2023 unless the report’s authors recommended the reintroduction of bloodletting, leeches and other archaic medical practices.</p>
<p>Actually, maybe we could learn something from the study? Medieval Plague Doctors at least had their own PPE, including a beaked facemask stuffed with lavender, thought to counter the effects of the plague. Which is more than can be said for the UK’s doctors at the height of Covid-19 in 2020, who had to <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8195849/Doctors-lives-risk-lack-PPE-British-Medical-Association-warns.html" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">beg, borrow and steal</a> surgical gowns and facemasks in the absence of enough across the NHS.</p>
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