*Strange_fact.* *Virus *
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Despite many periods of plague during Shakespearean times, "no one in Shakespeare’s plays dies of the plague. Romeo and Juliet, who die because the friar’s letter is held up by quarantine measures in northern Italy, are the nearest anyone comes to plague fatalities."
-*Emma Smith, *Shakespeare professor, Oxford ‘versify*
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