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Augie Ray (augieray@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 24-Apr-2025 04:05:04 JST Augie Ray

Maybe this explains some people's very strange attitudes about COVID, measles, and other viral infections, but 1 out of every 11 Americans has a FAVORABLE attitude about the Black Plague.
Some 50 million people perished, including perhaps 50% of Europe's population... and some people are like "Hell yeah!" 🙄
https://today.yougov.com/entertainment/articles/51889-violent-dark-dirty-americans-middle-ages
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1. YouGove looked at people's attitudes about the Middle Ages. It asked, "Do you have a favorable or an unfavorable opinion of the following?" and 9% had a favorable view of the Black Plague.
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  Violent, dark, and dirty: What Americans think about the Middle Ages | YouGov
  
  Americans have favorable views of chivalry and castles, but not the Crusades or the Inquisition

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