Pandemics

The Challenges of Preventing an Influenza Pandemic on Populations of Developing Countries One of the most common illnesses is influenza. It is a contagious viral infection that usually affects the respiratory passages, causes severe symptoms, and can occur in an epidemic. An epidemic is the slow spread of an infectious disease to a large number of people in a population within a short period of time (Wikipedia). A pandemic is an epidemic outbreak of an infectious disease that can spread through…

The Relationship Between World War I and the Influenza Pandemic of 1918-1919 War and disease have been intertwined throughout history as human pathogens, weapons and armies have met on the battlefield. 1914-1919 marked the cruelest war in the chronicles of the human race preceded by the world’s deadliest unspoken pandemic. The aftermath of World War I proved so profound in their consequences that the influenza virus remained a blur in the public’s memory. Instead, focus was shifted towards the…

the war greatly increased its national prestige among the countries, especially those in Europe. However, with the end of World War I, a deadly virus started to spread within the country, killing more people than during World War I. The influenza pandemic had disrupted US economy, in terms of gross annual production and loss of businesses, and led to temporary banning of mass gathering and disinfection and hygiene measures by US governments, yet the increased public awareness of influenza, rise…

The 1918 “Spanish flu” Pandemic was caused by an avian-like influenza virus that gained the ability for efficient and sustained human-to-human transmission and then spread globally, killing 20-50 millions. Fortunately, viruses with pandemic potential are rare occurrences and ongoing surveillance of human and avian viruses is being done globally in preparedness for an influenza pandemic. Vaccines and anti-viral drugs may be available, if needed and time permits. Both kinds of therapies have…

The Spanish Flu was infectious and deadly diseases during the 1918. Throughout history the human race has faced many diseases but one of the most devastating was the Spanish Flu. The flu pandemic of 1918 was one of the deadliest in modern history. It occurred during World War 1, when the United States of America joined the war. At the time there was no drugs or vaccines for this deadly virus. The Spanish Flu was infectious and deadly diseases during the World War 1. The influenza or flu of 1918…

prevents for not getting sick. However, what if the virus it so unknown that there aren’t vaccinations to prevent it? Then what does an individual do to prevent this new virus from infecting them? This is called an influenza pandemic. According to the CDC, an influenza pandemic is a new virus that is different from any influenza seen and effects the entire globe. Additionally, due to its constant changing it is very easy for an animal influenza to change into a human effecting one (“Influenza”…

The Outcomes of Pandemics: An Analysis on HIV, AIDS, and Ebola Throughout history the world has constantly been plagued by the spread of infectious diseases. These diseases have eradicated millions of the world’s population, inducing death and suffering of human kind. While the characteristics and effects of each disease have left their own unique imprint in time, the goal for humanity will always remain the same and that is survival. Over the last 100 years two specific illnesses have made a…

life: it comes often and acts like "an irritation rather than a killer" (). That is exactly why, during its first wave, no one was really worried about it. It was proven not... The pandemic would occur in three waves, affecting so many lives that ... Witucki 2! It is not shocking when the title 1918 influenza pandemic is not commonly heard or known, yet “it would kill more people than any other outbreak of disease in human history. Plague in 1300s killed a far larger proportion of the…

the AIDS Pandemic In modern day Congo in the capital city Kinshasa, formally known as Leopoldville, a group of professionals in a laboratory, collected samples that inadvertently changed the origins of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). This virus since its emergence has spread throughout the entire world, causing the rise of the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) pandemic. There are many different theories on the origins of the HIV infection that caused for the AIDs pandemic.…

Berger, 2013 Even though the rise of the Internet has forced companies to rely heavily on online communication to reach customers, the notion of social pandemics has been in existence for a long time. Social pandemics entails to the virality of ideas, behaviors, and products. Jonah Berger dedicates his resources to explaining the social pandemics in his book “Contagious: Why Things Catch On.” According to Berger, various factors assist in elaborating why things go viral including Social currency…