Hannah Maguire
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19,963 appearances
85 recordings
3 series
first heard Jan 2026
last heard yesterday
Hannah Maguire’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Probably because the population now had some immunity, but also because of a change in policy.
Officials in the city of Ragusa, Sicily saw that they were able to slow the spread by keeping sailors who arrived in their ports in isolation until it was clear that they weren't infected.
Sailors were held for forty days or a quarantine.
Which is where we get that term from.
I love that one.
Mm-hmm.
And it's still out there today.
None of us are safe.
Like it's wild.
The World Health Organization actually estimates that there are still a thousand to three thousand cases of literal plague.
So, after analysing DNA samples taken from graves in London and Belgium from those who died before, during and after the Black Death.
Researchers began to identify if there were specific gene variants or
That were more common in those who survived.
They focused on four hundred immunity related genes and looked to see if they changed before and after the event.
So
Did any become more common?
Indicating that they were passed on by survivors.
But it's not all good, because now having two copies of the type A variant has been associated with Crohn's and with lupus.
Both autoimmune diseases.
So it could be.
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