The dreadful plague that swept through Europe‚ killing almost a third of Europe’s population! Everyone hoping that it won’t get to them! That was called the Black Death! The Black death was a murderous plague that swept through Europe between 1347 and 1351. How this happened? Well‚ traders from central and eastern Europe brought rats that were transporting a disease. They transported these rats by ship. Flies bit the rats! Drinking the blood‚ which then spread the plague onto many people
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The Black Death was a disastrous plague that struck Europe in October of 1317. It was spread by infected trading ships that arrived in Sicilian harbors. As the plague took people by storm‚ it spread throughout Germany and England and then up to the Baltic States. This horrifying mass murderous disease took the lives of 75 million people‚ something that shook the lives of everyone during the Middle Ages. This epidemic affected the social‚ economic‚ and religious aspects of the medieval culture. However
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In the mid-thirteenth century‚ an unknown‚ incomprehensible force took over Europe: it was said that the Angel of Death had come for a visit. Was this of Satan? Was the enemy once again wreaking havoc upon the people? Or was this the wrath of God punishing the guilty? What came was yet another mysterious plague wiping out millions of 12th Century Europe. As this fatal force grew‚ fear grew‚ and as fear grew‚ panic spread; from panic came abandonment‚ and from abandonment‚ came separation‚ isolation
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The Black Death was an unfortunate human tragedy devastating Europe in the fourteenth century wiping out 65% of the population. (Pollard‚ 384) However‚ it transformed European society for the better. The Black Death marked the beginning of an era. It was the Black Plague that spurred an “outpouring of cultural achievement…” (Pollard‚ 402) and revived political and economic stability that would later be known as the Renaissance. (Carlisle) Originating in Asia‚ the Black Plague infected peoples from
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Why the Bubonic Plague (Black Death) was so devastating to Europe The bubonic plague‚ was one of the worst disasters‚ in the history of mankind. I believe that many things were the cause of the bubonic plague being so catastrophic‚ not just one. One of the biggest factors of the bubonic plague being so devastating‚ was the doctoring at the time. Second would have to be the effect on religion‚ when it struck most people would stop believing in god or believe they were being punished. Thirdly would
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John Snow | Name of Model: Control of Cholera Pandemic Area of Use: Population and Migration Person who developed model/theory: John Snow- 1813-1858. He was an English physician‚ and the father of epidemiology. Premise: Dr. John Snow mapped out the Soho District and used symbols to mark people with cholera. He saw that people around the water pump were more infected with the disease‚ and so he made it impossible to get water from the pump which decreased the amount of cases of cholera. People
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“The occurrence of a pandemic human influenza is dependent on three conditions: 1) a new influenza virus emerges; 2) the new virus has the ability to cause severe disease in humans; and 3) the new virus can spread from human to human in an efficient and sustained manner.” (Smallman-Raynor
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Yes 3. What is the infectious agent for Bubonic Plague? Yersinia pestis 4. By how much was the world population reduced during the Plague pandemic? About 450 million to between 350 and 375 million. 5. What year (within the past 100 years) did the world experience a flu pandemic? 1918 6. What are 3 symptoms of chikungunya fever? Fever‚ vomiting‚ nausea‚ head ache‚ and joint pain. 7. What bacterium causes Lyme’s
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Summary: In the article “Pandemic or Panic” (2010) by Brian Molloy and the article “Hindsight is easy” (2010) by Erica Grove‚ they both discuss the way WHO response to the outbreak of H1N1 influenza and they present different perspectives on how the money was spent on and how the resource was distributed. Molloy is neutral about the WHO’s response of H1N1 influenza outbreak‚ while Molloy is highly skeptical. First‚ Molloy argues that WHO send everyone into a panic about
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BACKGROUND: A pandemic;(of a disease) prevalent throughout an entire country‚ continent or is universal. (dictionary.com) The Spanish Influenza is a flu; which is a respiratory infection and attacks the body without warning. It has no place of origin and became a global pandemic in a span of a couple of months in North America‚ Brazil‚ Asia‚ Europe‚ India‚ Africa‚ and Taubenberger in the South Pacific. The 1918-1919 Spanish influenza name was established consequently because of the massive deaths
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