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Ways to deal with the plague

Large-scale plagues have frequently occurred in China since the Han Dynasty, and many people have gained some resistance after death. Europe was brought plague on a large scale by the Crusade of the Cross or the western politics of Mongolia, which killed half of the population and made it resist to a certain extent. 13rd century caused the biggest infectious disease death in human history. When the Spanish invaded, America brought all kinds of brand-new infectious diseases such as plague and smallpox. According to some studies, more than half of Native Americans died of various new infectious diseases, which resulted in certain resistance. Central Asia is considered as the birthplace of plague, with good resistance and small death scale. Large-scale plagues have often been recorded in China since the Zhou Dynasty. The way to deal with them is to dispose of the bodies in time, dig holes for centralized destruction, and sprinkle lime for burning. It is often recorded in history books that after the war, the bodies were treated with lime to prevent the plague. Europe's response to the plague was to expel the dead as soon as it was discovered, burn them and clean the house immediately. There have been panic measures such as killing cats and dogs and banning fishing. But the main way is to pray to God.