The Bubonic Plague in... San Francisco?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 พ.ย. 2020
- That time San Francisco was plagued by THE LITERAL PLAGUE.
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This video was largely informed by "Black Death at the Golden Gate: The Race to Save America from the Bubonic Plague" by David K. Randall. Thank you to Mr. Randall for your exhaustive research and illuminating insight.
We'd also like thank Marilyn Chase for her book, "The Barbary Plague: The Black Death in Victorian San Francisco". Thank you Ms. Chase for your research and thoughtful explanations.
Go read about the plague everyone!
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Black Death at the Golden Gate: The Race to Save America from the Bubonic Plague
Randall, David K. W. W. Norton & Company. New York, 2019.
The Barbary Plague: The Black Death in Victorian San Francisco
Chase, Marilyn. Random House. New York, 2003.
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"Studies reveal how plague disables immune system, and how to exploit the process to make a vaccine"
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I love that you all love the "plague song" in this video! Alas it did not come from my brain, check out the full song here: th-cam.com/video/rZy6XilXDZQ/w-d-xo.html
My 7th grade social studies teacher played it for my class in approximately 2013. Everyone who goes to my middle school knows it and whenever Hollaback Girl came on at a dance, we all sang "ooohh fleas on rats, fleas on rats" instead of the actual lyrics. I'm so freakin glad that you know it.
Oooohh.. eating bats.. wuhan bats..
Oooohh.. Chinese bats.. they ate bats..
Don’t forget the gays 🌈
Yep, Had to pause the video 1 min in to check the comments because I just HAD to know what it was. Now I'm back to finish the video and the song did not disappoint haha!
Lol u can't make this shit up history really repeats itself
Politicians: Closing their eyes and plugging their ears to pretend crises aren't happening since forever.
No plague, no pandemic, no problem.
A tale as old as time
True that
💀💀💀😂😂😂
Politicians? no only American politicians
"the Plague doesn't affect Europeans!1!1"
The millions of Europeans who died in the Middle Ages: 👁👄👁
am i joke to u
Well duh! They all died of bad airs and ghosts in their blood
Who says that??? How could he say that????
I question that quote. Some self serving politicians may have fed that to naive, but in Old West as well as with immigrant population spikes in 19th Century, 'the plague' was in the consciousness of most people and the fear of catching it.
This entire year has proven that Americans repeat the same mistakes over and over during any pandemic, this is no different.
Blue is currently in the afterlife angry screaming "DID YOU GUYS NOT LEARN ANYTHING?!"
GMTA
BooYAH!!!
I'm sure he is and also during this video I can view Henry T. Gage as the Donald Trump of his time as well.
We never learn 😔
@@asoupyferretnamedfar3634 Sadly in these times and after what we witnessed in the pandemic that isn't too surprising. Though who knows someone may get some bright idea for some entertainment out of this and you can wonder how horror stories or other great works can go.
i'm watching this three years later and the identical denial STILL is uncanny. humans are hopeless.
*2019 : Stay away from negative people*
_2020 : Stay away from positive people._
😂
2020: *STAY AWAY FROM PEOPLE!*
2021: *Gucci releases Plague Doctor fashion line.*
2022: 🎶 *"Toss a coin to your Witcher, oh Valley of plenty, oh Valley of plenty..."* 🎶
Hahahaha
Oh that's clever!
Lmao 😂
"1900 was, Ironically, the year of the Rat"
FYI, so is 2020.
😬
Also, correct me if I'm wrong but aren't several Californian cities experiencing plague outbreaks recently because of the homeless using streets as restrooms thing?
@@JohnnyTromboner yes
:0
Absolutely came to this video thinking this was going to be about b. plague in San Fran rn. It's on my 2020 apocalypse bingo card
My heart aches for Wong. Poor guy AND his family deserved better...
Umm, you did not just say that first sentence!😮 😂😂
@@grinninggoat5369 What is your problem with the first sentence, explain
I'm so sad hearing that Wong died alone and without anyone caring about him..
he was sending money home, right? so in the distance, there were definitely hearts thinking about him, right? idk though
the amount of times i said “that sounds familiar” during this video is very unsettling lmao
same
Literally same. I knew she was making this video about what’s going on right now.
Me too.
Government officials denying it's happening, slow and flawed initial response that could've kept the plague out, general population denying that the pandemic is happening or could affect them and people calling it fake, and blaming everything on China. Yeah, nothing remotely similar between these stories.
1900 calling... they have copyright on 2020.
Either that or humans haven't evolved much in 100 years
@@kruszer humans will never lean, and apparently in the case of a good percent of the population will never. There are people at this very moment who are dying of Covid while denying it exists. I don't care what your politics are, that's horrible. As is this story
"The plague doesn't affect Europeans"....*stares in medieval European*
Haaa - ha.....
Yes and the sources of said outbreaks were again: China- via trade routes.
@@virginiarayn5939 Doesn't mean the disease didn't affect Europeans
12:24 🤣
To be fair, the assumption was the Black Plague in Europe had killed everyone it could kill and the 'survivors' were the ones who were for whatever reason resistant or immune to it. Much like Smallpox...Europeans lived with Smallpox long before vaccination with a much lower mortality rate than other populations because, well, natural selection. Native Americans had no such resistance.
As a Virginia boy myself I never expected a Virginian good ole boy to be the hero of this story. But whatever with that. The whole saga was riveting, and you madam are an incredible storyteller, researcher, historian, bard, witch, shaman, magician, whatever one is who draws people around the fire and captivates them with horror, laughs, and wonder.
Kinyan: "I am the medical genius of the ages!!"
Also Kinyan: lets a literal plague ship in like meh it's fine
"Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it."
Damn! We are bad at History.
@Steve McQueen Dude, do you really think I am a white woman using a picture of myself on youtube?
Imagine being so emotional that the word woman triggers you, I can't relate.
Come to Chinatown! Nancy Pelosi.
Yup we have not learned a thing
Have you seen the way history is taught in schools?
That seems to be the tragedy of human existence...
"There is no plague in Ba Sing Se"
lmao so accurate
"Here we are safe. Here we are free."
I almost feel bad for laughing
i’m going to hell for laughing.
@@user-kk3bk5uh4k seems to me like you need a vacation at Lake Laogai
My great uncle was a (cough) doctor in San Francisco in the 1930s. He collected, um, specimens from a pal of his who had worked in the morgue here for years and years. Our family has been hear since the 1850s so who knows when he got these samples. One of these samples was the bubonic plague. We had the (multiple) samples (typhus, etc.) destroyed by a university hospital when they were found in a hidden room in the basement of my grandmother’s house in the 1970s. You’re welcome, SF.
with all due respect to you're great uncle: thats so dumb omg, very dangerous jesus christ
I grew up hearing "those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it", but I didn't expect it to be this literal.
"His roommates carried him to the coffin shop and left him." And I thought I'd had some bad roommates.
I kind of wonder how much incidents like that contributed to people disliking like that neighborhood back then.....I mean those guys probably should have mentioned the mystery disease to somebody.
Regardless of if they represented the neighborhood or not, in people's panicked minds they probably would have.
lmao
Cue Monty Python corpse wagon scene!
@@roguebert Exactly. Especially when that guy sent out a wagon to pick up corpses. "Bring out yer dead!!" went through my mind. LOL
@@roguebert haha
I respect you because you don't try to ERASE how race plays a part in all of these stories.
Doesn’t she choose all of these video ideas. She probably knew about and jumped to the chance
I know. Modern racists think that literally any thing except ignoring race completely and pretending it doesnt exist is racist and there are so many people who are racist but have no idea because they think analyzing their own behaviors with regard to race is ""political""
@@Orokorra-Flantxo what? Are you implying she is erasing white suffering somehow by talking about stories that involve race?
Surprise buddy - people up until extremely recently were fucking racist as hell. Any historical story involves race, and any desire to erase that is a crystal clear statement to your character.
To do so would be wildly irresponsible and disingenuous, and she doesn't strike me as either of those things in her storytelling.
And I despise BOTH of you for making EVERYTHING about race. Sorry....
We had a case of Bubo at a medical center I worked at in the late 70's. It's still around and so rare it is often misdiagnosed. Easy to cure once you figure it out.
I love how she can makes the discussion of death and dying not seem scary. I know so many people who are afraid of death, and I would recommend her to anyone who is afraid of it.
As someone with death anxiety, I came across one of her videos and it triggered me, then I mentioned it to my therapist, and she suggested I watch bits and pieces of her videos. It really helped. I can now make it through one of her videos a day without a panic attack :D
@@vibechecked7522 that’s some amazing progress! I am anxious about other people dying (idk if that’s a type of death anxiety or not), so watching her videos were deeply upsetting (and a little triggering) at first but I talked to my therapist and she told me to try to writing out my emotions towards certain topics within the discussion of death. Everyone has different reactions to the topic, but I’m proud of you for being able to find something that works for you.
@teenagedirtbag500 That's definitely a type of death anxiety! Any type of anxiety towards the end of life/the beginning of afterlife/what happens after life is death anxiety. For you, it might be the thought of your close ones dying, for me it's extreme hypochondria mixed with afterlife doubt, but both of those are death anxiety.
Exposure therapy with a way out can really help, and so can thinking logically. "Is situation A more likely to happen than B?" In the case of, "Did they die or are they just cooking dinner/showering" or "DO I have a brain tumor or am I just having a stress headache?"
If you pose it as a question to yourself and answer it as logically as you can at the time, latch onto the comforting thought to get you through episodes, and they'll eventually happen less and less.
You got this!
Imagine - History repeats itself because of people who do not learn from history.
@Bigfoot but should be old.
You mean like, giving Socialism a try?
Yes! Look into the Holodomor next.
@Bigfoot i didn't say anything against you lol i agreed.
Or if people try erasing it.
It’s terrifying how accurately history repeats itself.
Look at news paper head lines from 1920.
Absolutely insane.
And human stupidity! :/
19th AUGUST 2020
A California resident has tested positive for plague, marking the state's first human case of the disease in five years, according to health officials.
Right?
Nop, WE repeat history
But its not repeating
it's terrifying how closely history repeats itself
Learning about this along with how Covid has gone, I'm really not looking forward to the inevitable next pandemic... I fear that it will be actively ignored due to fatigue from Covid
Covid isn’t gone.
@@louvreloveru I meant how the reaction to covid has gone thus far. Didn't mean to imply that Covid itself is gone, my bad.
I see they used the "cases will go down if we don't test" strategy.
Ha.. I caught that too. Mr. Blue could have saved himself all that trouble.
history really does repeat itself.
Where have I heard that before I feel as if I’ve heard that in the news hmmm
@@publicenemy123 The dummycrats tried that idiocy.
The same strategy was used in the 1918 pandemic because nobody wanted to show weakness during WWI. 30 million to 50 million dead people later ...
Her: Check under the couch, there's probably a rat
Me: *Looks at my pet rat freeroaming* Plague
PLSS I WAS WATCHING THIS WHILE PLAYING WITH MY RATS
While watching this, I missed my little plague bringers
Literally same, my three girls sat grooming me for half of this and making trouble for the other half.
Now I wished I was cuddling with my boys!
I miss my handsome little plague capsule, Pickle 😭he died few months ago due to old age.
I'm crying so hard right now-
WHOEVER MADE BLUE A CAT, I LOVE YOU.
Am I the only one that would love to see Caitlin react to Horrible Histories death sketches? They’re educational, grim, and a giant helping of nostalgia for pretty much the entirety of UK Gen Z’s 😂
"Don't make it a race issue" just sounds like people are uncomfortable acknowledging race issues have ever existed.
Don't be afraid to talk about these issues. Ignorance exists to comfort the comfortable.
there are still people who deny the holocaust happened, so I am not surprised just disappointed.... no actually I am surprised people can live with themselves and being that stupid
@@kaitpotatoes6418 it’s honestly disgusting. Mainly because social media spreads and allows stupid groups that actually believe this or have an ulterior motive and being ignorant and gullible people in it’s beyond sad
I know it’s like they deny that literally all of history was at war because of race... and even your religion was decided by race, where you lived, the type of food you ate, etc, not only until the last couple hundred years has mixing and
broading out out began because of technology and social improvements
Right, to study these outrageous practices, helps us to understand more what various races endured, and helps us all understand why many feel the way they do, and we can be respectful of their feelings and opinions.
@Cat Attack - Today is 18 January 2021, Martin Luther King Day. On today, of all days, the Trump administration unleased its "1776" report (an insipid response to the "1609 Project") wherein they claim that slavery was not so bad, the 3/5ths count of persons of color was needed, etc. Essentially, a white wash of the horrors of slavery in the USA. This report is meant to restructure public school education in order to instill "patriotism" in the classroom. Thank God in Heaven that Trump is out.
“Don’t make it about race!” Literally all of humanity “yeah it’s about race”
Actually, its about money and power, same same
@@commodityjane Considering how commonly those in power put racism over their own economic self interest, no, it isn't just about money and power.
@@Macailbert In this case, it's about the fear of loss of money and power
@@commodityjane who had the power and privilege of thinking they couldn't get it, white people, they racialize everything so yes it is about power and money because the white people thought it'd save them and only them
@@Reish-0- Don't forget power and money knows no color, it can infect anyone, and has
So you’re telling me that in 100 or so years, someone is going to be making a video with the same vibes as this one about NOW
😂😂😂😂 the parody of holler back girl is cracking me up. I've been watching your videos a lot. I like how you provide information about taboo topics, but you make them fun that way the information isn't scary to to take in and you're willing to learn most people when they're afraid of a subject will just kind of shut down and not want to listen to what's happening but you make it entertaining I really enjoyed that about it. So thank you for that.
Fun fact! The plague never left. It's still very much alive in the US and yes you can still get it albeit rare
Not really rare, but treatable!!! We have several cases every year of the bubonic plague, and yes as they are being treated they DO have to be quarantined ( it is contagious) but its treated with antibiotics just like anything else out there!!! Idk how people don't know this!!
Yep. We get several cases per year here in New Mexico.
A good time to be a Central European (at least in Black Plague case).
On Madagascar, it's even endemic! Meaning they get a wave of it like every fall :S
Isn’t it in China too?
"Why study history it has no value???"
*repeats exactly the same thing every 100 years or so*
*gets same results*
*Pikachu faces*
And this is why I want to be a history teacher
What is the definition of mental illness repeating the same action and expecting something different reaction.🤔
@@jenniferodonnell2394 the word insanity is for that quote
@@plastictree7635 Stopping insane people from doing insane things is in itself insane. :P
@@liamhinrichs4881 the quote goes along the lines of “The definition of insanity is doing the same
thing over and over again expecting a different result”
I appreciate your commentary on race. Like death practices, race is also entirely a human concept.
My sister works in a er vet, they recently had a dog come in with the plague. They didn't know at first so everybody who touched it without ppe could've been at risk. Thankfully it didn't get passed on to any people but was scary for her. I know chipmunks an squirrels in my area can carry it
Forget Saturday morning cartoons and give Saturday morning death education!
I'm completely with you on this! Not only does Catlin present historical facts to you with a flair that keeps you interested, but she looks a hell of a lot better than Bugs Bunny
Pardon my French but *Holy F🤬cking Hell* but I swear that a Catlin is a God dam psychic as we as a mortician!!!!!!! Ok let me explain -
I was watching this video in my living room when the following bit came up:
22:28 - 22:30
*"Rats are everywhere there's probably a rat near you right now. Check under the couch seriously."*
*~ Catlin Doughty*
I started laughing at this & said:
*"Yah right Catlin my place is clean. That's impossible. I don't have any rats in here."*
Ladies & Gentlemen let me say *NEVER EVER* temp Fate because she is a serious B!tch! Because at that *exact* moment after I said those fateful words out loud. I kid you not a Mother F🤬cking rat ran out directly from under my couch. After I said that there was *NO* way I could have one in my flat cause I keep it clean.
Needless to say I F🤬cking screamed like murder. My cat (who is getting an extra tin of tuna today) thankfully pounced on the 'unwelcome visitor' right away killing it. (She's rather pissed at me though because I wouldn't let her eat it. 🤢) & it has been disposed of in the garbage bins out side.
Catlin thank you this is the worlds worst case of serendipity *EVER!* 🐀
🙌🙌🙌
I got my notifications on, this is my TEA
The world would be a better place
"There's probably a rat by you right now."
Me, picks up one of my pet rats: "did you know you're a rat? Yes you are, yes you are! "
Me: pick up my pitchforks and torch
I so want to get pet rats!
ME TO!! I gave him a kiss and told him it wasn't him twas his cousin
One of mine was indeed under my couch at the time!
I was looking for comments like this!! Mine are free roaming right now and having a heyday
I learned about the plague in San Francisco from the oddest place… a haunted house. It’s the San Francisco dungeon next to Madame Tussaud’s and is a really creative take on a haunted house, taking you through the history of San Francisco. The scare actors were amazing, and there’s even an (optional) drop ride at the end.
I love how Dr. Blue's method of getting SF to actually care about the plague was basically "shape up if you want to look important" and they did.
“His two roommates took him to a coffin shop/funeral home, and left him there”
They’re bad roommates, but they’re not the worst.
I heard it as coffee shop/funeral home and was so confused... (bc no subs at the time of this comment) but then I thought, well, maybe the ppl could get a coffee with the funeral? Idk...
And they were roomates!
@@sarasthoughts oh my gawd, they were roommates
These were also people in poverty in a country that hated them. It's not like they could have dropped him off at a doctor's to get medical attention
If I understood correctly that was an acceptable practice at the time. Also put your self in their shoes - you are beyond poverty with no means to help... and survival instinct is a bitch....
Papa Hegel say: the only thing we learn from history, is that people do not learn from history.
Politicians don't, there memory fades at each election cycle. That's why you have to fire them. OFTEN.
@@carlthor91 except we don't fire them often. There are career politicians who haven't managed to do a constructive thing their entire lives.
or as the song goes: and everything old is new again
So if you're a politician once you get elected you never have to learn anything, from anybody, ever again. Donald Trump is just confirmation of Darwin's theory of evolution showing that politicians get dumber and dumber every year until finally you end up with a total moron!
And are therefore Doomed to repeat it!!!
your repurposing of "Holla Back" for this video is superb. Thank you Caitlin!
I love your channel. I think a main reason is that I can depend on you to deeply research your topics and give us details of history that others can't (or won't). Thanks for being so truthful.
I am a doctor in a COVID hotspot and this video watered my crops, cleared my skin, made my week, and restored 50% of my faith in humanity. Thank you, Caitlin!
I love this comment so much
Nurse in a COVID Hotspot here. Same, sister, same.
Not a doctor, but honestly same. Humans being humans. We dumb but hey, we are still there after so many other idiots came before us, so there is hope xD
Hot spot ? What's that 5 people came down with head colds ? If you're really what you say you are then you would know that this pandemic is a fiction . The tiny numbers of infections can hardly be referred to as a pandemic.
@@TelecasterLPGTop please crawl back under yr rock, troll.
“There’s probably a rat near you right now”
*Looks to my right at my pet rats*
If ratties had a bit of a longer lifespan, I would have some. They are so sweet, and I fall hard and fast for animals.
You're awesome for having pet rats. They're illegal in my province, but I had one as a kid when I lived in the next one over. She was a sweetie ♥
Lol same! Love my rat bois.
i wanted some rats after my lovely mice died last year. haven’t got to it because of covid though
I almost spit out my food lmao
Such an elegant blend of research, siting, and reporting- and all that delivered with witty commentary! Perfect!
Great cameo by Pizza Rat! Rats ARE pretty dang amazing, and make awesome pets (not wild ones, of course).
I'm surprised no one could make the connection with plague and fleas, in olden times, as I hate them so. We do have vampires that spread disease...they're just TINY and lay hundreds of eggs, and are very hard to kill. They're like the rats of the insect world.
The innocent people of San Francisco just walking:
Some woman: *_IT WAS RATS_*
I spent one day in San Francisco and I know for a fact that was not the strangest thing any of them saw in that half hour.
Poop maps , homeless maps , rat maps, garbage maps plague maps ..
Did you see the guy in the background hiding his face and trying to not be on camera?
Whahahahaha!
“Bodies in a cart, girl. Skeletons in the art, girl.” Song was lit. I am just sayin’..... so catchy. 😉
When's the album coming out lol
There's a link in the description. I went and listened to the song. There's a whole channel with history songs
I LOVE the “The Middle Ages were magic” song. Would buy on ITunes.
That song has been stuck in my head since 10th grade.
I need a whole song!!!!
25:34 I actually was a freelance ratcatcher in my neighborhood for a while, then one day a client failed to tell me their entire basement was coated in rat poison before they sent me to bag and dispose of an obviously tainted corpse dead from said poison. (Despite my fear of a gruesome death via internal hemorrhaging I actually completed the job. How's that for work ethic?) I washed myself and my gear thoroughly, disposed of everything I couldn't clean, and quit the business for good.
Caitlin...i consider your content to be among the very best available...and i watch everything i can find here...Great Work !!...Blessings....
Ah, I see, so the USA has always been Like That
Bro chill we racist we know
I hate it here
since day one!
Yeah, and until 2016 we were at least mostly on the upswing. We can get back to that now though!
Soooo whose gunna tell em the US was built on blood, racism, and hiding the ugly truth from thier people...
I can’t believe you said “rat eradication” instead of “eratication”, what an absolute travesty.
I give her a pass. She had a great joke just seconds before.
Came here to say just that. Pity
that, and instead of egg leg: "It's not plague leg, it's egg leg!"
Rats...
My husband said the exact same thing. "How did she pass up eratication???"
I can’t get enough of your stories!! Most of all your TRUTH!! Keep it real!! Even if it may upset people with allergies toward TRUTH!!
I like this channel so much, the videos are detailed, funny, macabre and the host has a charismatic personality
"Mistakes were made" the motto of 2020.
No, 2020 was just a mistake entirely. We should have just skipped it and gone to 2021.
You can say that again.
@@theblackbaron4119 i worry 2020 was the tutorial & 2021 is when it gets worse. We can always have issues with the vaccine & end up with an i am legend situation.
"look for plague,but not for anything incriminating" feels like "the less tests we have,the less cases there are"... America
Odd fact..... we have several cases of the plague each year in the U.S., yes they have to quarantine the patient, but its curable with antibiotics!! It's honestly a lot more common than people think though!!!
@@carriemartinez2933 i know that the plague didn't disappear nor die out,it's a interesting fact!
Yep, I think that the cover up was the orange guy's m.o. In case anyone forgets, here is what he said then.
www.google.com/amp/s/www.cnbc.com/amp/2020/07/14/trump-says-us-would-have-half-the-number-of-coronavirus-cases-if-it-did-half-the-testing.html
"Slow the testing down!" Trump said. There is a recurring conflict between business and medicine.
It's horrible yet comforting to hear that the situation back then was not too different than it is today even though the plague is seemingly more deadly and obvious than covid...
Caitlin, your videos just get better and better. They're so informative in such an entertaining way, and your production values are great. Must be a lot of fun traveling to all those locations! Please keep informing us!!! By the way, once the bubonic plague got to San Francisco, it continued to spread among rodents and became firmly established in the U.S. The decline of prairie dog species is partly due to the plague.
There were *far* too many points in this where, without the context, you could have been talking about last week....
All throughout history really
I hate it here 😭
It's really sad . All of the technology and education and we still can't get it right. Peace
Personally, I *cannot believe* the idiotic conspiracy theories plaguing our culture today are identical to the ones that plagued San Fransisco over a hundred years ago.
"Covid-deniers" are just "San Fransisco plague-deniers" with smart phones. It's as if our species has learned nothing. Literally evolution in reverse.
That said, three months into the vaccine roll out, thing *are* finally starting to look better. It's like we can sort of see what may be the end of this thing on the horizon.
Me, I'm getting vaccinated tomorrow. More people are everyday. We'll get through this thing.
@@mcnultyssobercompanion6372 you shouldn't be, human nature never really advances in the way they like you to believe lol. The only difference is we get to express our every thought anonymously through technology. The conspiracy of snow being fake was hilarious 🤣 but nothing new
The Idiom "Avoid it like the plague" must be something from Aliens, cause clearly that's not something humans do.
If humans stopped eating animals we wouldn't be having these pandemics... www.watchdominion.com
Maybe in 100 years it'll be "avoid it like the covid"? Sure hope not, but who knows...
@@starscreamofvos I don't think the people of San Francisco were eating rats. We catch plagues from living near animals, not just from eating them.
This is why Aliens don’t visit from other worlds.
Oh there is avoidance of plague, just, it's avoiding talking about it or pretending it doesn't exist...
Lady, I ADORE you. Your videos on history, death plans, etc., make me think about this differently. Thank you so much!
I love your video because it addresses history in it's entirety the good, the bad and the ugly. We need to learn about our awful past so we don't repeat it and so we can learn to be better human beings to each other.
The old saying goes: "Those who don't learn from the past, are doomed to repeat it."
Yes! Look into the Holodomor next.
Those who study history are doomed to watch everyone else repeat it anyway.
Or copy it...
Wait, isn't that like our motto here in America?
Nazi Germany
“This plague is bubonic, B-U-B-O-N-I-C!” Absolute god tier lyricism.
I shouldn't be laughing
@@prizmarvalschi1319 You fell for undertaker humor, better hope it doesn't grow on you.👍
@@carlthor91 it's deathly fun
That's catchy.
Flash backs to 7th grade history
I love your videos, I think you cover important subjects. I wish i could support your efforts. And I love the digs at the criminal.
Where have you been all of my TH-cam life? So happy to have found another interesting and humorous creator to binge. ❤️
When you die, you're going to become the nicest grim reaper
"Hey, is there anything you might want to put in writing ;) ;) before we head out? Don't forget there are green burial options."
I hope she does a podcast when she becomes the grim reaper
@@m.a.4838 she did the voice of Death in Netflix's The Midnight Gospel.
Plot Twist
She's already a Reaper but takes some time for herself to #Selfcare to do this youtube series 💯💯🤣🤣
@@brigadierblue221 that is so valid
Edit: thank you all for your kind words. It means a lot.
A friend of mine died this week of cancer. She wasnt embalmed, but i went to greet her anyway. Wasn’t scared, thanks to many, many Caitlin videos. Thank you for making my grieving process easier, Caitlin.
I’m so sorry to hear about that, but I’m glad you were able to see her one last time. ❤️ 💕
Sorry for your loss, I am feeling it as well, my cousin passed away from COVID, and none of us could attend a funeral with the border closure.
I am so sorry for your loss but this is also such a lovely comment.
So sorry for you loss. I love how Caitlin has been able to help so many people grieve. My aunt died in March (now I've finally accepted it was Covid) but I was able to hold my aunt's hand for the last time. My "fear" was no longer present. Previously at funeral visitation is go through the motions. Staring beyond the deceased because I didn't want to see. This time was so different and I know how much if a blessing that has been for myself.
Sending hugs!!
So sorry for your loss. Hope you can focus on the good times u had together soon
The weirdest thing is that I find your channel my favorite. I have nothing to do with death and all that. I was an RN for 15 years but seriously you got me. You got me hooked on your channel! You are my favorite. Good for you keep it up
You are an amazing storyteller of history. I enjoy these episodes and have a DEEP respect for you. Carry on!
If she narrated a 2 hour documentary I’d watch the entire thing 😭😭😭😭
Not a 2 hour documentary but shes on an episode of Midnight Gospel which is on netflix its sort of like a podcast thsts been animated over super interesting! I've watched her episode so many times 🤣
I'd watch it twice!
Right on
I would love it if she did more long ones like this. She's an awesome storyteller!
I watch a while series/tv series
"There's probably a rat right next to you now" looks at pet rat. You have the plague??
Tell them I said hi 🥰 love those lil guys
Domestic rats are actually cleaner than a lot of other animals people keep as pets.
This made me laugh disgustingly hard
hope you have more than just the one pet rat, they need to be kept in pairs or more (unless extremely aggressive)
@@KazuiYutaka why would you make an assumption about their care of their pet off a two sentence comment
Why did it take me a while to find this page? I'm hooked.
Very informative and historical. Somehow you made a various serious situation funny. Love your videos, Caitlin 🥰
But like "racist stories " ARE human stories. Bc, humans experience racism.
one love .....
@Bigfoot discrimination against African Americans in healthcare and the like is a very, very, very real problem. It has been for a very long time, so i dont see whats so unbelievable about that situation being the result of racism. Especially since similar things have happened way too many times.
@@cadebowman4582, facts are always necessary for an indictment to proceed. Not doubting you, but you should always provide proof.
@@daleeasterwood2683 There are facts to supports this. On average, white people are attempted to be resuscitated for longer than black people by first responders. White people also typically have better survival rates after events that require CPR as a result of subconscious biases. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2795316/) Theres plenty more, such as the pain medication biases (www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/01/03/676039371/emergency-medical-responders-confront-racial-bias) and a wide range of more conscious racism.
@Bigfoot If something is happening over and over again as the proven result of ableism/racism, then you can assume its a pattern. What proof would you like to see more specifically.
You’re saying ignoring safety protocols, and actual science DOESN’T make disease go away? 😱
You'd be surprised how many "safety protocols" are just designed to make people feel safer rather than actually making them safer.
When does *following* protocols help? Quarantines during Bubonic Plague centuries ago... STILL HERE. Quarantines for people with Chicken Pox, Ebola, Measles, and Mumps? Say it with me now... 😀
Wow! Listening to doctors HELPS DISEASES GO AWAY??? :0 wHo wOulD hAvE tHoUgHt??!!
@@BennyLlama39 But there are people ignoring those protocols, "avoid it like a plague" is an irony.
@@gregslone4874 You mean like “pain relief” to ease the symptoms?😂
When you said "Rats as Guinea Pigs" I had a scary visual. I just came across your channel and I'm very happy about it
Omigoodness! A Fb friend found you, posted, and now I am here. You are the new "Bill Nye" for the intersection of history in both social and and science realms. Totally sucked me in for the entire film - which is saying something. I usually have about 5-10 minutes tops to give. ;-) Thank you!
“There may be a rat near you now”
Me- looks over at the rat cage in the corner of the room... ah ha, found you!
Same!!!
me, seeing a rat: FABULOUS!
Me too! My baby girls were watching me at that precise moment, and my elderly boy was giving me the stink eye for waking him 🤣 xxx
Me, hearing scratching noises outside under my window....😬
@@fiona8230 I LOVE THIS COMMENT
Thank you, discrimination and racism HAPPENED, and pretending it didn't is beyond irresponsible, it is racism as well. Do not be afraid to tell what happened in all its truth!
"… is beyond irresponsible, it is racism as well."
Enough hyperbole! That is not necessarily the case.
Racism is how they turned "The plague comes from China" into "Only Chinese can be infected."
@@PrezVeto Whitewashing history breeds ignorance, which allows it to repeat itself. Pretending it didn't happen makes you complicit.
@@taranoreilly5101 We moderns cannot change the facts.
@@charlesbosse9669 Many of us still try to make it, however. Look at all of the people in hysterics over CRT being taught in schools... even though it hasn't been.
I know the stories that you've told on historical deaths but the way you tell them it makes them all brand new again!
I’m from Alberta and until I was 16 I thought rats were only in really dirty places like Europe and New York
Honestly if my history teacher told stories the way you do, I would have done so much better in high school. You’re such a good storyteller
@littlefawn I was extremely fortunate to have had a teacher as entertaining as Caitlin. My high school English teacher. We're still friends 37 years later. Caitlin would be an amazing teacher. Then again, I guess she is in her own way!
You’re both right... she’s awesome!
I had a history teacher like this in 7th grade and let me tell you it’s much more than just better grades, my friends and I still remember most of what we learned 8 years later!
@@jennawilemon846 my sixth grade history teacher was like this
Love this comment. It's so true. History is nothing but true stories (mostly). And in order for a story to be told, you need a great story teller, visuals, and audio (when available). She's an amazing teacher amongst other things. Sadly, too many history teachers just regurgitate text books without fully engaging the class. :/
Right off, I'm gonna need more of that song. "Dead bodies in carts, girl. Skeletons in the art, girl." 🔥🔥🔥
its a youtube video from years ago by the channel historyteachers called Black Death ("Hollaback Girl" by Gwen Stefani)
th-cam.com/video/rZy6XilXDZQ/w-d-xo.html
Here's the video link
@@yakult5491 OMG, thank you! I am watching that as soon as I finish this video.
@@chydor2706 You are awesome! Thanks 😊
@@chydor2706 thanks for the link!
The outtakes are hysterical. Your attempts at saying it's name made me think of the old Grey Poupon commercials
"Excuse me, do you have any Grey Boubon? (ic plague)"
The more I see your videos, the more obsessed I am. Your humor is top shelf!!
Guy in charge: "Nothing to see here." The Plague: "I'm end this man's whole career."
😂👏🏻❤️
“Wong, a man who had been sending money to his family in China for 20 years, died alone, delirious, and in pain” absolutely broke my heart, that was so tragic. And similar things still happen, immigrants need more support and shouldn’t have to work garbage jobs for terrible wages just because of fear of the government
Legal immigrants have absolutely nothing to fear from the government.
@@jackieunderwood4893 Agreed! If only the US government made it easy to get work permits and to apply for asylum, then foreigners would be able to enter legally and without fear of ICE. When we make it impossible to do it the right way, people do it the wrong way.
Spoken like someone who has recent immigrants cleaning their house and mowing their lawn.
They do🤔...guess you will adopt a few then
@@ColdHawk No, not at all. I cut my own grass and mop my own floor.
0:50 "Ye olden times" is actually pronounced as "THE olden times." In Middle English the diphthong "th" was written with a character called a thorne (þ). When printing came to England the typesetters didn't have, and didn't want, a typeface for the thorne so they just substituted a y for it. Ye also was originally used as a plural pronoun of the second person in the subjective case and now used especially in ecclesiastical or literary language and in various English dialects.
10:45 Patient Zero is a nebulous term and was first used in the press in the AIDS epidemic by a reporter's misreading of a statistical report (long story). The more correct term is the "index patient" as the first recorded incidence in a given population.
You are a great story teller. I love your videos. Your channel is a recent discovery after being recommended to me by a family member.
Public health should never be made political. It doesn't matter what side of the aisle you vote for; doing what's in the best interest of all people should come first.
More importantly where vested interests conflict with the public interest the public interest takes precedence. Evangelicals who want to go to church instead of locking down to prevent infection, I'm talking about you, you arseholes.
It’s quite impossible to separate public health and social factors like race and class. Those factors affect where you live, and therefore the type of care you get. As in, people living in poverty, or paycheck to paycheck as many Americans do, do not have the same ability to “just stay home” because they need to work to have food for themselves/family. It’s never that simple and it’s more harmful to separate issues of health from issues of identity. They literally go together
Not according to many governors who continue the shutdowns. Remember, we lesser folks are non-essential.
@@daleeasterwood2683 if your country had a sensible social security system it would probably go a long way to helping.
SHUT UP you do you I will do me....
I want "The middle ages were magic" as my ring tone.
Same here
Yasssss!
I've been waiting so long to hear that, I was hoping I wasn't the only one 😂😭
I just want Bentham's Head on repeat.
I love The Plague Song! Thx so much for the link (my first time hearing it! What a great teaching method!). The topic & the song reminded me of one of my fave old horror movies, The Undead (1957). Reason being, the Dark Ages era undertaker sings silly, dark little ditties throughout🖤
Thank you Catlin for your report on the plague in San Francisco.
Next on "Ask A Mortician:" CHOLERA, the disease that comes out both ends.
I always died of cholera when playing Oregon Trail.
Oh good old sweet smelling extremities
Cholera, the “In-N-Out” of the disease world.
You joke but I'd watch the heck out of that.
I love your slogan!
This was a poor viewing choice before heading out for a COVID test. Then again, at least I don't have E G G 🥚 L E G
How did the test go? You good?
Answer us so we know you're not dead, damnit!
It’s been three weeks Meg... you still out there? Hope so!
3 weeks. We are still wondering if things went ok.
We need an answer Meg. We are fellow human beings. You okay???
I 100% thoroughly and pleasantly enjoy your divine channel my lady! Thank you!!