1918 flu pandemic

The Bubonic Plaque has a momentous place in history and in modern society. Prior to the Black Death Europe had begun to experience troubles. Europe had sustained bad weather for quite some time, which had begun to affect food resources and the economy. Seven years after, the Bubonic Plaque took over Europe and millions of lives were lost. “The year 1351 marked the last major outbreak of the Black Death, although local epidemics of the plague continued to occur in various locations throughout the…

An epidemic is a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease in a community, while a pandemic is a breakout of a disease over a whole country or section of the world. An example of a epidemic is Yellow fever and pandemic is the Black Plaque. Yellow fever epidemic of 1793 is similar to the plague pandemic of the 14th century because the systems they affect, and the way they’re spread with the exception of the area they affected origin of the outbreak. The 1793 yellow fever is similar to the 1330…

The Black Death was considered as one of the most devastating pandemics in world history. It began in Asia and spread to Europe by the late 1340s. The plague killed 75 millions of people and killed two thirds of Europe’s population. People were getting affected by the disease and dying each day. The aftermath let the civilians to began to question which led to the Renaissance and the Church losing its power. The Black Death originated from China and inner Asia, the Black Death decimated the…

The Black Death was an extremely terrible illness that swept across Europe on someday in october in the year 1347. The Black Death was responsible for as many as 20 million people about one third of the continent. The Death arrived on trade ships and that’s how it got to europe there are still many unanswered questions about the illness and how it just disappeared after a five year spread. The year was 1347 was when twelve Genoese trading ships came to the sicilian port in…

The horrifying disease that has now past, killed fifty million people in Europe. We believe that is was caused by poisoned air, it was advised that everyone burn aromatic herbs and wood to clear the air there have been several remedies that have been discovered so we found a lot of people going to their local herbalists and that germs were passed when a victim coughed or air being inhaled. We feel it occurred because God was punishing us for our sins. We have had priests on the job making…

when it comes to transmission and spread. "…each year in the United States, approximately 5-20% of the population gets the flu; more than 200,000 people are hospitalized with flu-related complications; and about 36,000 people die from flu-related causes." (CDC, 2010). Research from the CDC (2013) regarding flu transmission is summarized in the following: People with the flu can spread it to others up to about 6 feet away. Most healthy adults may be able to infect…

Epedimics & seasonal diseasis introduction In every country there are some time that country will face a huge problems one of these problems is natural disturbances , epidemics are one of them. Around the world there many countries faced some of them which lead it to losses their capacity of doing anything it cost the governments its money and more important their people . the epidemic is the better weapon in the past . in these days some of the epidemics are gone but also some of them are just…

Since the beginning of life, the world has been plagued with diseases, illnesses, and health complications. The black plague or the Black Death, for example, wreaked havoc on medieval Europe killing millions of people. This occurred during the 14th century. It is now the 21st century and we are faced with a new "black death" called prescription opioid drug abuse. Prescription opioid drug abuse has been on the rise in the United States since 2001 and is now considered an epidemic.…

Chapter 19 deal with the facts and stories that had to do with the influenza virus. Currently, the virus has spread to the cities and Wilmer Krusen has concluded that it is the same virus found in the naval stations and cantonments. Almost every single hospital bed has been filled in the city and people are dying left and right. With so many people sick and in need of attention nurses and doctors are basically overwhelmed and leaving and going home. Medicine at the time of the virus was not very…

The first major American yellow fever epidemic hit Philadelphia in July 1793 and peaks during the first weeks of October. Philadelphia then the nation’s capital was the most cosmopolitan city in the United States. During the yellow fever epidemic during 1793 in philadelphia 5,000 or more people were listed in the official register of deaths between August 1 and November 9. Yellow fever is known for bringing on a characteristic yellow tinge to the eyes and skin and for the terrible black vomit…