How pandemics past and present fuel the rise of mega-corporations
Wednesday, June 3, 2020 - 09:30
in Health & Medicine
In June 1348, people in England began reporting mysterious symptoms. They started off as mild and vague: headaches, aches, and nausea. This was followed by painful black lumps, or buboes, growing in the armpits and groin, which gave the disease its name: bubonic plague. The last stage was a high fever, and then death.