Epidemiology Unravels a French Revolution Mystery

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Epidemiology Unravels a French Revolution Mystery
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Scientists used epidemiological models to analyze the spread of rumors during the Great Fear of 1789 in France, concluding that the fearmongering had rational, not emotional, roots, and was driven by strategic dissemination rather than spontaneous panic.

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