Episode 457: The Black Death Part II - Passport to Hell
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The Great Famine and the Effects on the Immune System
The great famine killed about half a million people in England and about 10% of all Germans. It was actually the great famine that enabled the mortality numbers for the black death to be so high at least in part. A famine of just three years has long-term effects on the future immune system of children who are born into it. However, the great famine also got the ball rolling on the big societal changes that came about after the black death.
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