The bit works because it inverts modern risk-management thinking: we ask 'how do I protect myself?' when the historical answer was 'you don't, you're dead.' The joke isn't really about plague—it's about the absurdity of trying to optimize outcomes when the outcome is predetermined.
This is why Cunk's format endures: it punctures our modern illusion that every problem has a procedural solution.
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