Before the epidemic ended, it had almost de-populated this planet. Since the survivors knew nothing about… — H. Beam Piper
Before the epidemic ended, it had almost de-populated this planet. Since the survivors knew nothing about germs, they blamed it on the anger of the gods—the old story of recourse to supernaturalism in the absence of a known explanation—and a fanatically anti-scientific cult got control.
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