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Although the scientific argument demonstrates most accurate evidence of how the plague was started, people of medieval times had no way of proving that it was a bacterium because of the obvious lack of technology that would’ve been used to utilize the advances of the findings. Despite there being really advanced science and equipment out there, the true starting of the plague does still in a way remain a mystery. But since it was something that occurred decades ago, historians and scientists accept this finding and move on because it’ll only cause more disputes amongst the community. It has been questioned however how far these findings can be considered

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