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OT Historians - has there been a thread about pandemics throughout history?
Posted on 3/30/20 at 10:46 am
Posted on 3/30/20 at 10:46 am
If so, SIOP. If not, here are some links to start off the discussion; If nothing else, it can put things into perspective and show us that life goes on after these things.
This one is pretty comprehensive while not being overly long. I was surprised that HIV/Aids was so high up there in terms of numbers. Black Death looks like the really big one, though:
Article discussing the "10 worst pandemics"
This one is limited to 5 examples, but it has some interesting info like the origin of the word quarantine and it includes how smallpox took a big toll on the Native Americans after Europeans arrived:
Article on '5 Pandemics" and how they ended.
This one goes back to pre-history and early history, so it likely involves a bit of guesswork and interpretation of sites and artifacts:
Article - "20 worst pandemics"
This one is pretty comprehensive while not being overly long. I was surprised that HIV/Aids was so high up there in terms of numbers. Black Death looks like the really big one, though:
Article discussing the "10 worst pandemics"
This one is limited to 5 examples, but it has some interesting info like the origin of the word quarantine and it includes how smallpox took a big toll on the Native Americans after Europeans arrived:
Article on '5 Pandemics" and how they ended.
This one goes back to pre-history and early history, so it likely involves a bit of guesswork and interpretation of sites and artifacts:
Article - "20 worst pandemics"
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Posted on 3/30/20 at 10:48 am to Methuselah
I seriously wonder how people today would react to a disease with a death rate comparable to the plague.
Posted on 3/30/20 at 10:49 am to LB84
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I seriously wonder how people today would react to a disease with a death rate comparable to the plague.
They would actually stay home!
Posted on 3/30/20 at 10:50 am to Methuselah
Man, the OT threads during the Bubonic Plague in the 1300's were lit AF. I got banned a few times for some black death jokes deemed insensitive, but the admins during the Dark Ages were pretty strict so it was kind of to be expected.
Posted on 3/30/20 at 10:56 am to Methuselah
Smallpox was pretty as bc it killed millions but just think how many more will die from the autism
Posted on 3/30/20 at 11:31 am to LB84
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I seriously wonder how people today would react to a disease with a death rate comparable to the plague.
I'd like to think they wouldn't start burning people as witches and shite like that.
However, judging from some of the stuff I see people coming up with in this pandemic (yes, including people of all political leanings, and yes, including here on TD), it wouldn't surprise me.
I think that deep down human nature doesn't really change all that much over time. It just manifests differently in different environments.
Posted on 3/30/20 at 11:34 am to Giantkiller
quote:Tiger Fred was pretty heavy-handed as I recall...
Man, the OT threads during the Bubonic Plague in the 1300's were lit AF. I got banned a few times for some black death jokes deemed insensitive, but the admins during the Dark Ages were pretty strict so it was kind of to be expected.
Desperate times called for Fred’s measures?
I got a PM from the admins during the Irish Potato famine.
“Micks are people too, do better.” or something along those lines.
Posted on 3/30/20 at 7:13 pm to Giantkiller
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Man, the OT threads during the Bubonic Plague in the 1300's were lit AF. I got banned a few times for some black death jokes deemed insensitive, but the admins during the Dark Ages were pretty strict so it was kind of to be expected.
Posted on 3/30/20 at 7:15 pm to Methuselah
Posted on 3/30/20 at 9:16 pm to Kafka
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Kafka
Some trivia:
1- Babe Ruth caught the Spanish Flu twice.
2- The plague had great influence in Shakespeare's life and work. It was raging in his hometown when he was an infant, and later it caused the theaters in London to close which caused his company to travel and gave him time to write. It also killed off some of his competition.
Posted on 3/30/20 at 9:42 pm to Methuselah
I used to assign John Barry’s ‘The Great Influenza’ for my 20th-century US history class. Great look at how Progressives modernized many professions, and a compelling story of misinformation and mismanagement. Then you can read Barry’s ‘Rising Tide,’ about the 1927 Flood and decide if floods or pandemics are bigger threats!
This post was edited on 3/30/20 at 9:43 pm
Posted on 3/30/20 at 9:52 pm to Kafka
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Spanish flu
There's like no need for the bigotry man
Posted on 3/30/20 at 10:02 pm to OldmanBeasley
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Spanish flu
There's like no need for the bigotry
And strangely enough, it is widely thought that the Spanish Flu did not originate in Spain. Leading contenders for where it started are France, China, Britain and - wait for it - Kansas of all places.
Where did the Spanish Flu start?
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