• OBJECTION!@lemmy.ml
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    3 days ago

    The word “quarantine” originates from a Venetian policy that every single ship had to wait outside of port for 40 days to ensure nobody had the plague. I’m sure the antivax people would have no problem with such measures?

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      1 day ago

      What would they do if everyone on a given boat just straight up died from the plague?

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        1 day ago

        Them’s the breaks… Sea fairing was a dangerous occupation.

        I guess eventually some enterprising individuals would attempt to salvage the boat and contents…