Attention! Current information on March 26! Русская версия. Hello! I know that around the beta-coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, well, or COVID-19, coronavirus or corona, now there is a lot of hype, and just as much panic, but is it really worth it so afraid of this virus? Which is already loudly called PANDEMIC! If you read the meaning of the word pandemic on Wikipedia, it becomes clear that this is not some kind of epidemic that mows up a large part of the world's population, but just a disease that has...
Five hundred years ago in July, a strange mania seized the city of Strasbourg. Citizens by the hundreds became compelled to dance, seemingly for no reason — jigging trance-like for days, until unconsciousness or, in some cases, death. Ned Pennant-Rea on one of history’s most bizarre events. On a hastily built stage before the busy horse market of Strasbourg, scores of people dance to pipes, drums, and horns. The July sun beats down upon them as they hop from leg to leg, spin in circles and whoop loudly...