http://www.survivalboards.com Survival Forum SHTF Survivalist Blog Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:07:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.survivalboards.com/2010-10-27/fear-and-rumors-during-an-epidemic/ Wed, 27 Oct 2010 12:59:25 +0000 Kevin http://www.survivalboards.com/?p=5417 The story looks like its straight from a history book about the dark ages. Doctors without Borders tried to setup a clinic in Haiti to treat cholera patients. Instead of being welcomed by the local people, the doctors were met with fear, a small riot and rock throwing. The situation got so bad that armed troops had to be brought in to protect the clinic and doctors. Cholera fears spark anti-clinic protest in Haiti During the middle ages, people that did not understand the plague looked for groups of people to blame for the outbreaks. Finger pointers would pick someone in the village that had a bad reputation, brand them a witch for the outbreak of the plague, and burn them at the stake. An unknown number of Jews were murdered and burned during the Dark Ages for "supposedly" spreading the plague. There are stories of people being rounded up, locked in a barn, and the barn set on fire - because it was believed the people were witches, or were Jews and were responsible for causing the plague.

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