The Shack follows Mack (Worthington), a man who receives a mysterious note from âPapaâ which is his wifeâs name for God. He is asked to come meet at a shack in the wilderness after he suffers the presumed kidnapping of his child.
Plague is an infectious disease caused by bacteria called Yersinia pestis. These bacteria are found mainly in rodents, particularly rats, and in the fleas that feed on them. Other animals and humans usually contract the bacteria from rodent or flea bites. Historically, plague destroyed entire civilizations.
His expertise is in ancient medicine and the social and political history of Athens. Both scholars doubt previous theories that the Plague of Athens was caused by ebola, bubonic plague, dengue fever, influenza or measles because the symptoms described in ancient historical records do not match those diseases.