Scientists sequence Black Death bacteria DNA, admit they were wrong

Researchers have sequenced the DNA of plague bacteria from the bodies of English victims of the Black Death. The bits of DNA they obtained looked surprisingly modern, leaving the question of why the disease was so deadly uanswered.

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So will we hear from all the religious nutjobs denouncing the findings and either saying the Black Plague didn't happen, or that The Devil™ is messing with the results and really it was wicked people who God™ smote?

What in the world are you on about? I've never heard any religious stance on the topic of the Black Plague other than "it was a really bad disease."

Are you confused b/c the illustration attached to the article is credited as coming from the Bible? It may have been included in some edition of the Bible but the events of the New Testament conclude 1300 years before the Black Plague, so there's no deep connection there. (Other than the fact that church was a much more prominent institution in the Middle Ages.)

Edit: I see you've already been sufficiently dogpiled. Well, you asked for it.

 

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He was making a reference to claims made contemporaneously with the plagues. Claims that the plagues represented the wrath of god on a wicked society were exceptionally common at the time.

Who was advancing such claims? Certainly not the author of the article, and certainly not any of the comment posters. Where are these Black Plague reactionaries who are proclaiming their views so doggedly that we must counter their influence at every turn?

It's pure axe-grinding and irrelevant to the content at best.