Name: Coronavirus - lessons from an ancient plague village: Lingohack
Uploaded: 2020-04-04T09:26:28.000Z
Duration: 4 min 31 s
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Even the remotest places could have lessons for us.

Old in een Darvish er the memory of lives lost centuries ago is motivating a response in the present.

These are the names of long dead Villagers who, 350 years ago became infected with plague and sealed themselves off to stop the disease spreading.

It was Director William Mom person who inspired his people toe isolate and save others.

Today, the rector of Bean is himself in quarantine as his wife has symptoms of Corona virus.

Are inspired by the example of your predecessor centuries ago, often when I walked through church and seen his name on the director's board, I thought I wonder what would happen if it happened today and how I would measure up on.

Reverend Gilbert relies on social media to direct the parish response.

Already we've had lovely acts of kindness, of people collecting things that people support next door in the village school.

The headmistress is preparing to send most Children home.

School will stay open for the Children of key workers in the health and emergency Service is it is in the nature of this close knit place that many Children have grand parents who either live with um or nearby.

A village committee is now visiting the elderly, like 95 year old widow Sheila Viper.

You can get in touch with this, and we can ask somebody to help you.

In World War two, Sheila was evacuated away from her parents for four years.

Try and do things that help wanted to smile or to laugh.

They're determined not just to endure this crisis, but with humanity to transcend it.

Fergal Keane, BBC News It was director William Mom person who inspired his people toe isolate and save others.

I wonder what would happen if it happened today on how I would measure up already had lovely acts of kindness, of people collecting things people support.

It is in the nature of this close knit place that many Children have grand parents who either live with, um or nearby.

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