Yersinia Pesits May Not Be The Cause Of The Black Death

Next fact in the list of 10 facts about the Black Death is again related to Yersinia Pesits. The notion that Yersinia Pestis was the cause of the Black Death has gained widespread acceptance among scientists. However, some researchers continue to cast doubt on the long-held notion. In less than three years, the Black Death traveled from Sicily to the Arctic Circle, covering enormous swaths of Europe. Many of the infections that followed spread beyond 300 kilometers. In contrast to a bubonic plague outbreak that spreads slowly, the black rat has a home range of 100 meters and rarely ventures outside of it.

Graham Twigg's research from 1984 refuted the conventional wisdom, claiming that the Black Death was actually an epidemic of pulmonary anthrax produced by Bacillus anthracis. Samuel K. Cohn provided an argument in 2002 that pointed out five main flaws in the bubonic plague theory. Susan Scott and Christopher Duncan, for example, claimed in 2001 that the Black Death was caused by an Ebola-like virus rather than a bacteria. There have been arguments and counter-arguments, but many questions about the pandemic have yet to be answered adequately.