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Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.40,0:00:15.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mysteries of vernacular:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.58,0:00:17.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Quarantine,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.30,0:00:20.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a state, period, or place\Nof strict isolation
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.99,0:00:23.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,meant to prevent the spread of disease.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.92,0:00:25.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the 14th century,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.36,0:00:26.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Bubonic Plague,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.61,0:00:28.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,later called "The Black Death,"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.69,0:00:29.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,spread across Europe
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.86,0:00:32.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with devastating consequences.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.88,0:00:34.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's been estimated
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.03,0:00:36.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the Plague decimated\Nat least one-third
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.66,0:00:39.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Europe's population.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.34,0:00:41.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In a vain effort to stave off infection,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.76,0:00:44.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Italian-speaking port city of Ragusa,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.57,0:00:46.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in what is now Croatia,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.53,0:00:48.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mandated that ships arriving
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.34,0:00:50.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from Plague-infested areas
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.73,0:00:52.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,remain isolated on the water
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.91,0:00:54.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until it was deemed likely
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.62,0:00:57.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they weren't carrying a disease.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.55,0:01:00.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This meant that the entire\Ncontents of a ship
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.48,0:01:02.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all of its passengers
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.11,0:01:04.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were often forced to remain on board
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.22,0:01:08.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for five or six weeks\Nbefore being let ashore.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.15,0:01:09.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Though the drastic measure
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.44,0:01:11.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was only marginally successful,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.91,0:01:16.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it wasn't long before other\Nport cities followed suit.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.60,0:01:20.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 1397, the official period of isolation
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.37,0:01:22.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,imposed on ships and crews
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.71,0:01:25.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was set at forty days.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.72,0:01:28.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Although it did little to protect\Nports from infection,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.91,0:01:31.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the directive stuck.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.14,0:01:33.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From the Italian word quaranta,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.67,0:01:35.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,meaning forty,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.21,0:01:38.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this period of stasis was given the name
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.31,0:01:40.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,quarantine.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.53,0:01:42.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And by the mid 1600s,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.41,0:01:44.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the word quarantine was being used
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.49,0:01:46.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to describe any place,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.28,0:01:47.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,period,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.04,0:01:48.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or state of isolation,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.99,0:01:51.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,plague-related or not.