Ep 5 Plague Part 1: The GMOAT
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The First Recorded Act of Bioterrorism
By 1347, rumors of plague depopulating cities in Chile had been circulating. In Florence, where the author of our firsthand account from earlier witnessed the plague, 50% of the population died. The sight of so many dead and dying struck terror into many,. A group of traders from Genoa in Italy who hopped right onto a boat headed west. They brought with them the plague.
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