However, the plague was found to have killed more people of old age and poor sickness than those young and healthy. This is because of their poor nutrition that weakened the already feeble immune system, making them even more susceptible to the plague. Scientist Sharon DeWitte conducted a research of the plague’s victims by going to a cemetery and inspecting the bones. “It makes sense that the Black Death would kill people who are already weak,” DeWitte told LiveScience. “What’s important is that we’ve provided quantitative evidence to counter the assumption it killed indiscriminately.” This also gave researchers the idea that plague survivors’ kin would have stronger genetics in the post-plague
However, the plague was found to have killed more people of old age and poor sickness than those young and healthy. This is because of their poor nutrition that weakened the already feeble immune system, making them even more susceptible to the plague. Scientist Sharon DeWitte conducted a research of the plague’s victims by going to a cemetery and inspecting the bones. “It makes sense that the Black Death would kill people who are already weak,” DeWitte told LiveScience. “What’s important is that we’ve provided quantitative evidence to counter the assumption it killed indiscriminately.” This also gave researchers the idea that plague survivors’ kin would have stronger genetics in the post-plague