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If I remember this right, most people in Europe alive today carry the gene that makes them immune to the plague since the vast majority of those without it died off. Would appreaciate any information on this if anyone has any, since im not too sure about it.
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That's certainly true just up the road from me in the Derbyshire village of Eyam, a village I have often flown over in my glider. When the plague was around Europe, the people of this village voluntarily quarantined themselves upon discovering the infection had made it to their locality, in an act of self-sacrifice to prevent it spreading to surrounding towns. Many people died, but relatives of the survivors have been tested in recent years and found to be resilient to the disease.
Read more on it here:
http://www.cressbrook.co.uk/eyam/museum/
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