And besides that, it reminded me of ancient epidemics that were previously completely misunderstood because the science hadn't been there before, epidemics of plague or typhus or leprosy, where the prevalent ideas were that there were bad people or bad humors or bad air, and widows were dragged around the moat, and dungeons were part of the solution.
E além disso, aquilo me lembrava de epidemias antigas que eram completamente  mal compreendidas antigamente, porque a ciência não estava lá antes, epidemias de peste, ou tifo, ou lepra, quando as ideias predominantes  eram que elas eram pessoas más, ou tinham mau humor  ou ar era ruim, e viúvas eram arrastadas  pelos fossos, e calabouços eram parte da solução.