In the Middle Ages nobody called The Plague a HOAX.

[BSdetect]

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. That's because people were dropping like flies everywhere, and 1/4 of the population

of Europe was wiped out - if you didn't get it yourself, your neighbor or your relative did and it was everywhere. Pretty hard to call that a hoax. And they didn't have the Internet where people could make shit up and get away with it.

[TreasonousBastard]

2. In 1918 they didn't call the flu a hoax, either. Nor has anyone called typhoid fever, polio...

diphtheria, tuberculosis, or smallpox hoaxes.

[Lars39]

15. There were anti-maskers though...

But nothing like the present day idjits

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/03/us/mask-protests-1918.html#:~:text=the%20main%20story-,The%20Mask%20Slackers%20of%201918,in%20political%20and%20cultural%20wars.&text=The%20masks%20were%20called%20muzzles,their%20masks%20to%20smoke%20cigars.

[Blue Owl]

3. Only the village idiot would have

n/t

[dchill]

4. People had more faith in science in those days.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. They didn't know anything about science and had no idea how plague was spread.

They relied on potions, alchemy and religion.

[dchill]

6. I know.

[marybourg]

7. And with all our knowledge and sophistication,

we're not doing a whole heck of a lot better. Under tRump.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

8. They didn't have leaders who were intentionally deceiving people.

Even kings and queens and priests got the plague. Nobody knew how to stop it, but at least they weren't pretending they did and using it as a political tool.

[marybourg]

10. Yup. Pretty humbling stuff.

[The Magistrate]

9. They Called It a Jewish Plot, A Chastisement From God, The End Of The World

It gave birth to the modern era.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

11. But nobody was pretending that it wasn't happening.

[The Magistrate]

12. That Is True, Ma'am

They certainly knew it was happening.

[torius]

13. I don't think they called polio a hoax

as was pointed out above. But they had quarantines, restrictions on movement, and people were afraid to let their children outside. It was much less contagious than Covid-19.

[Suzegal1]

14. A Little Laugh

In the Middle Ages after a plague they would celebrate with wine and orgies, does anybody know if anything like that is planned when this one ends? (Asking for a friend)

[BSdetect]

16. Keep any orgies quiet cause you'll attract drumpf