Humanites by Cameron Crookes

Pandemic

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Covid 19 is a pandimic that was found in the year 2019 and it is still around in 2022 over 6,176,746 people have been killed and 498,260,608 cases in the world

HIV/AIDS

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AIDS destroys a person’s immune system, resulting in eventual death by diseases that the body would usually fight off like a flu

asian flu

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Starting in Hong Kong and spreading throughout China and then into the United States, the Asian flu became widespread in England where, over six months, 14,000 people died. A second wave followed in early 1958, causing an estimated total of about 1.1 million deaths globally, with 116,000 deaths in the United States alone

Spanish flu

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The avian-borne flu that resulted in 50 million deaths worldwide, the 1918 flu was first observed in Europe, the United States and parts of Asia before swiftly spreading around the world At the time, there were no effective drugs or vaccines

Russian flu

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The first significant flu pandemic started in Siberia and Kazakhstan, traveled to Moscow, and made its way into Finland and then Poland, where it moved into the rest of Europe. By the following year, it had crossed the ocean into North America and Africa. By the end of 1890, 360,000 had died.

Fiji Measles Pandemic

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After Fiji ceded to the British Empire, a royal party visited Australia as a gift from . Arriving during a measles outbreak, the royal party brought the disease back to their island, and it was spread further by the tribal heads and police who met with them upon their return.

1855: The Third Plague Pandemic

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Starting in China and moving to India and Hong Kong, the bubonic plague claimed 15 million victims. Initially spread by fleas during a mining boom in Yunnan, the plague is considered a factor in the Parthay rebellion and the Taiping rebellion. India faced the most substantial casualties, and the epidemic was used as an excuse for repressive policies that sparked some revolt against the British. The pandemic was considered active until 1960 when cases dropped below a couple hundred.

1817: First Cholera Pandemic

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The first of seven cholera pandemics over the next 150 years, this wave of the small intestine infection originated in Russia, where one million people died

1665: The Great Plague of London

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In another devastating appearance, the bubonic plague led to the deaths of 20 percent of London’s population

1492 The Columbian Exchange

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In 1520, the Aztec Empire was destroyed by a smallpox infection. The disease killed many of its victims and incapacitated others. It weakened the population so they were unable to resist Spanish colonizers and left farmers unable to produce needed crops.

1350: The Black Death

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Responsible for the death of one-third of the world population, this second large outbreak of the bubonic plague possibly started in Asia and moved west in caravans. Entering through Sicily in 1347 A.D.

11th Century: Leprosy

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Though it had been around for ages, leprosy grew into a pandemic in Europe in the Middle Ages, resulting in the building of numerous leprosy-focused hospitals to accommodate the vast number of victims.

250 A.D.: Cyprian Plague

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Named after the first known victim, the Christian bishop of Carthage, the Cyprian plague entailed diarrhea, vomiting, throat ulcers, fever and gangrenous hands and feet.