A patrician describing the arguments against Florence’s general quarantine in 1630: "It was thought it would give the poor the…

A patrician describing the arguments against Florence’s general quarantine in 1630: “It was thought it would give the poor the opportunity to be lazy … others were astonished that it would be possible to feed an entire city daily” pic.twitter.com/vT0zQb8Bxr

— Vincent Garton (@sysimmolator) March 25, 2020

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