The Bubonic Plague in... San Francisco?

That time San Francisco was plagued by THE LITERAL PLAGUE. Thank you Patron deathlings, who make this all possible! http://www.patreon.com/thegooddeath ***WAYS TO SUPPORT AND GROW OUR MOVEMENT*** Join our community of deathlings and support Ask a Mortician: https://www.patreon.com/thegooddeath Support the education and advocacy efforts of The Order of the Good Death: https://bit.ly/3iaz9jN Shop our advocacy wear: https://the-order-of-the-good-death.myshopify.com/ ***MORE DEATH CONTENT & RESOURCES*** Books: http://caitlindoughty.com/books MORTAL course: https://www.mortalcourse.com/ Our podcast on iTunes: https://apple.co/2yK6c6G Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2QZEVEM Google Play: https://bit.ly/2AdEvoj The Order of the Good Death – articles, resources, updates, and more: http://www.orderofthegooddeath.com/ ***SOCIALS*** Order Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ordergooddeath/ Caitlin Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/thegooddeath Order Twitter: https://twitter.com/OrderGoodDeath ***CREDITS*** Mortician: Caitlin Doughty Producer & Writer: Louise Hung (@LouiseHung1) Editor & Graphics: Landis Blair (@landisblair) "Black Death ('Hollaback Girl' by Gwen Stefani)": historyteachers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZy6XilXDZQ This video was largely informed by "Black Death at the Golden Gate: The Race to Save America from the Bubonic Plague" by David K. Randall. Thank you to Mr. Randall for your exhaustive research and illuminating insight. We'd also like thank Marilyn Chase for her book, "The Barbary Plague: The Black Death in Victorian San Francisco". Thank you Ms. Chase for your research and thoughtful explanations. Go read about the plague everyone! ***MUSIC*** Impact Prelude by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100617 Artist: http://incompetech.com/ Iron Horse - Silent Film Dark by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100735 Artist: http://incompetech.com/ Comic Plodding - Silent Film Dark by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100457 Artist: http://incompetech.com/ Batty McFaddin - Silent Film Light by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1200003 Artist: http://incompetech.com/ Bad Ideas - Silent Film Dark by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100489 Artist: http://incompetech.com/ Amazing Plan - Silent Film Dark by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100737 Artist: http://incompetech.com/ Discovery Hit by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1300023 Artist: http://incompetech.com/ ***SELECTED SOURCES/ADDITIONAL READING*** Black Death at the Golden Gate: The Race to Save America from the Bubonic Plague Randall, David K. W. W. Norton & Company. New York, 2019. The Barbary Plague: The Black Death in Victorian San Francisco Chase, Marilyn. Random House. New York, 2003. "San Francisco's bubonic plague epidemic has eerie parallels to modern day" https://www.sfgate.com/sfhistory/article/San-Francisco-Chinatown-plague-1900s-15188267.php "San Francisco’s Plague Years" https://www.sciencehistory.org/distillations/san-franciscos-plague-years "Maybe Rats Aren't to Blame for the Black Death" https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2018/01/rats-plague-black-death-humans-lice-health-science/#:~:text=In%20cases%20of%20plague%20since,go%20on%20to%20bite%20humans. "Rats May Not Be to Blame for Spreading the 'Black Death'" https://www.livescience.com/61444-black-death-cause-found-transmission.html "Studies reveal how plague disables immune system, and how to exploit the process to make a vaccine" https://www.uchicagomedicine.org/forefront/news/studies-reveal-howplague-disables-immune-system-and-how-to-exploit-the-process-to-make-a-vaccine "The ‘Chinese Flu’ Is Part of a Long History of Racializing Disease" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-17/when-racism-and-disease-spread-together