#and the Fox Propaganda Machine STILL managed to brainwash a huge subset of the population into not wearing masks

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

anyway I hope we'll all have a bit more respect for plague doctors from here on out. they didn't have access to the science we do, but they knew enough to deduce that the plague was infectious, that it was airborne, and that wearing masks & gloves offered protection. their masks were....not optimal (and yes, objectively funny to look at) but damn if they weren't using observation & logic, despite having no access to modern germ theory.

a little respect for the birdbrains behind the beaks

#like pague doctor masks are funny but they are MASKS #and hot dog if masks aren't REALLY FORKING USEFUL IN A PANDEMIC #LIKE THEY HAD THE RIGHT IDEA OK #i mean. they had some very WRONG ideas about hygiene and bathing #but some of the containment procedures showed an impressive understanding of the disease #particularly when u take into account that the church had been holding back scientific progress for literal centuries #like they did NOT have much info or a solid understanding of the basics of infectious diseases to work with #but they still figured some important shit out #and i dont think we get to make fun of them considering how we in modern times have access to modern science #and the Fox Propaganda Machine STILL managed to brainwash a huge subset of the population into not wearing masks