In my student selected novel, “Fever, 1793”, many different events took place that wouldn’t happen in today's time. The biggest being the Yellow Fever Epidemic in Philadelphia. It was widespread and grew like wildfire across Mattie’s hometown. The citizens had a hard time getting rid of the fever. Not until the frost came did the death count go down along with the number of people getting sick. In today's time we have more advanced systems in which we can take down a virus. Doctors have a variety of vaccines to treat the virus along with more knowledge of the anatomy of a human. During the 1700s, they didn’t know the risks of not washing your hands, covering your mouth when you cough or sneeze. They didn’t know anything about bacteria
