Gratefulness In People's Everyday Life During The Black Plague

If people think about how times were back in the 1350’s compared to now you would see the gratefulness in people's everyday life. Life back in the 1350’s was rough, especially during the Black Plague. The plague was unexpected and happened in a days just to last for years, killing thousands of people with excruciating pain cutting the population of England and multiple other countries. We the people of the United States are lucky to be clean and free of deadly viruses. The Black Plague was one of the most deadly virus to have hit the human race. The disease was incurable and at the time researched was nowhere near advanced as is is today, so it was next to impossible for people to know what was happening with people. The Black Plague resulted from “The weakness caused by chronic hunger made the people more susceptible to illness. The people's limited understanding of medicine, cleanliness and sanitation also added to the power of the plague.” (McGill) Now in today's world most people are a lot cleaner than we used to be so also along with modern medication and strict safety laws, we are very less likely to experience such disaster as was experienced in the
The Plague was so easily transferred and spread that people started to move inland and into the country sides. “The wealthy, who retreated to their country estates and were isolated from the masses, had a better survival rate than those who could not afford to go and waited for the Black Death to knock on their door. The corpses of even the wealthy were even carted off unattended, to be shoveled under without ceremony or prayer.” (Morrow) Nobody was safe in this day an age. The best way to stay disease free was to be clean and sanitary and to avoid contact with the sick which was easier said than done. The Black Plague seemed next to impossible to stop, people would likely to believe it is the end of the