Something silly and sort of scary for a Sunday morning.
I (as Mira Grant) was asking to put together a list of potential pandemics for Buzzfeed. I like anything that gives me an excuse to wallow in delicious virology, so...
Also a nit-pick, but Black Death was (is?) caused by Yersinia pestis -- a bacterium, not a virus. Though VIRUSES ARE CLEARLY SUPERIOR, DON'T GET ME WRONG. Not biased because I study viruses. Nope. Not at all.
Except that if you read the list, you will see that I subscribe to the school of thought which believes that the bubonic plague is NOT the Black Death, and that the Black Death was caused by a yet-unidentified hemorrhagic fever.
November 9 2014, 16:28:48 UTC 2 years ago
Also a nit-pick, but Black Death was (is?) caused by Yersinia pestis -- a bacterium, not a virus. Though VIRUSES ARE CLEARLY SUPERIOR, DON'T GET ME WRONG. Not biased because I study viruses. Nope. Not at all.
November 9 2014, 16:39:55 UTC 2 years ago
November 9 2014, 17:11:43 UTC 2 years ago
November 9 2014, 17:42:59 UTC 2 years ago
I understand why y. pestis keeps getting fingered, but I really feel like we need to look further.
November 10 2014, 13:17:28 UTC 2 years ago