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Re:Survival tips if you find yourself in the Middle Ages? by nazgulnarsil on Saturday January 03, 2009 @05:20PM (#418724)
you'll die of infectious disease. I'm almost 100% sure of this.
Re:Survival tips if you find yourself in the Middle Ages? by Tichy on Sunday January 04, 2009 @07:01AM (#419203)
Would it be much worse than traveling to a 3rd world country today, though? Granted, typically travelers get some vaccination, but overall, not that many (mostly Hepatitis?).
Re:Survival tips if you find yourself in the Middle Ages? by hapless on Monday January 05, 2009 @12:18AM (#420039)
Yaws and Smallpox, just to name two, are practically extinct today. You will have NO immunity.

Rubella, mumps, chicken pox, lockjaw etc were all common diseases then. Today, we vaccinate against them, even in the third world. You, like all adults, have probably relied on herd immunity to compensate for your fading resistance.

Intestinal disease was common in this era. It's very rare today. You would suffer from it for the same reason that modern tourists suffer in the third world. Tourists, soldiers, and aid workers grin and bear it in comfortable quarters with plenty of clean water. You would be bearing it... elsewhere.

Disease might not take you out, but it would certainly be more of a problem for you than for the natives.

Re:Survival tips if you find yourself in the Middle Ages? by nazgulnarsil on Sunday January 04, 2009 @08:59PM (#419848)
my girlfriend just went to india and got more than 10 different vaccinations and still got sick.