For experts who study coronaviruses, a grim vindication

Re:For experts who study coronaviruses, a grim vindication by noir_lord on Monday June 08, 2020 @02:45PM (#23459455)

Not to mention the draconian quarantine of merchant vessels entering/leaving ports.

30+ days mandatory quarantine wasn't unusual.

The word Quarantine traces it's roots back to quarantino (40 days) and those laws where passed all over the place from (what we know) the 14th Century.

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Re:For experts who study coronaviruses, a grim vindication by ashtonkem on Monday June 08, 2020 @03:17PM (#23459774)

With the expectation that if the ship is infected, everyone on it will die, and no medical help will be given. Pretty brutal by modern standards.

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Re:For experts who study coronaviruses, a grim vindication by im3w1l on Tuesday June 09, 2020 @03:01AM (#23464401)

It's not like they had a lot of medical help to provide in those days anyway.

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Re:For experts who study coronaviruses, a grim vindication by noir_lord on Tuesday June 09, 2020 @06:27PM (#23471668)

Leeches.

Headache to much blood, leeches.

Stomach ache, too much blood to the stomach, leeches.

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