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Why didn't people in the middle ages just avoid the plague like the plague? Were they stupid? (lemmy.ml)
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[–] Aeao@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

They did. Your confusion is on the meaning of the commonly used phrase.

Avoid it like the plague actually means you’re going to do almost nothing but hope you don’t die.