The Return of the Black Death: The Plague of Children

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  @Biographics · 6 years ago · pinned

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  @XShadowAngel · 3 years ago

  As a parent, I don&apos;t think I could go on with life if I lost 4 children to a pandemic. I can&apos;t even imagine how utterly soul crushing that would be.

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  @jakegreenwood4805 · 5 years ago

  “The Plague of Children” sounds like a name of a British parenting book.

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  @IntrepidFraidyCat · 6 years ago

  &quot;The plague of children&quot;...means something COMPLETELY different to a parent.

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  @trivialtrav · 5 years ago

  A regular modern adult with just a high school education would instantly be one of the best doctors in the world if transported back far enough in time. &nbsp;Assuming the church didn&apos;t burn you for heresy of course.

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  @Kerriangel · 6 years ago

  “First you feel a little poorly<br>And then you start to swell<br>Then you start to puke some blood<br>And then you really smell<br>Then you know it’s time to ring your funeral bell<br>Along comes Mr Death and swishes you to Hell.”<br>Horrible Histories Plague Song

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• QU

  @QuickLern818 · 6 years ago

  &quot;...and thousands of children died. You know what can&apos;t catch the plague? Squarespace!&quot; &nbsp;---Simon

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  @rob-v1y · 6 years ago (edited)

  &quot;The plague is caused by an invisible creature, in the gut of a flea...carried on rats.&quot;<br>&quot;Damn, you told us to kill all the cats (witch&apos;s familiars!) last year!&quot;<br>&quot;Ooops...my bad.&quot;

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  @jaggerwatkins9216 · 6 years ago (edited)

  &quot;Senseless death breeds panic. In turn panic breeds violence. Violent crowds need scapegoats&quot;

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  @magnusgreel275 · 5 years ago

  The poet&apos;s description of his children&apos;s deaths is chilling :(

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  @Tracy-xe9zu · 3 years ago

  I&apos;m not a kid person and don&apos;t have any of my own, but man, your description of how it must have felt to be a parent at the time was just heartbreaking.

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  @danshiba1498 · 6 years ago

  reads title:<br><br>my brain: &quot;*softly* dont..&quot;

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