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jerzyt
2265 days ago
What a wonderful symmetry to the cholera outbreak in 1854 in London, where John Snow traced the sources to drinking water wells:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1854_Broad_Street_cholera_outb...
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8bitsrule
2265 days ago
Interesting that while Snow blamed germs, 'authorities' later blamed 'miasma' instead and ignored Snow. Once again, we learn from history that...
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