I find myself wondering as I look at the COVID-19 pandemic developing,

[rzemanfl]

how many European peasants saw any benefit whatsoever from the cargoes of the ships and caravans that carried the Black Death to Europe? Other than perhaps a glimpse or whiff in church.

Now it is international travel and cruise ships.

[Cirque du So-What]

1. I had a thought along those lines

Those responsible for transportation of the virus internationally are not the poor, but the poor will undoubtedly suffer disproportionately.

[rzemanfl]

2. GMTA.