In 1918 a great influenza, or flu outbreak, killed more than fifty million people. The influenza virus is also known as the “La Grippe” which translates to “Spanish Flu”. In a single year it killed more people than the Great War, also known as World War I. The flu today still remains a constant threat. Each “flu season”, many people die.
So many people have been dying lately and we just can’t take it anymore. I’ll see what’s going on in the hospitals and find out what is killing so many people and report back to you. Wednesday February 1st, 1862: We are very low on staff and with what we have many of the “doctors” here are very inexperienced in the field. They have no idea what
They are faced with the most unsanitary conditions, dead bodies lying in the roads, no way to wash or clean their clothes, and what drinking water they can get is dirty and muddy. The people of Darfur are being attacked by the militia and burned out of their villages. They are left with no place to go but the makeshift camps that have sprung up in and around Chad. There are more than 200,000 refugees displaced in Chad due to this war, and does not include the surrounding areas where others have fled too. The people in these camps need food, shelter, clothing, and medical supplies in order to survive—and just as importantly, they need extensive psychological
The workforce had been destroyed -- farms were abandoned and buildings crumbled. The price of labor skyrocketed in the face of worker shortage, and the cost of goods rose. The price of food did not go up, perhaps because the population had declined so much. • Short term effects: One- third of Europe population was wiped out. Large piles of dead, rotten bodies lying in the streets, spreading the disease.
When New Orleans was warned about the hurricane the plan was not utilized and those who were unable to transport themselves were left to die because there were delayed rescue efforts to help them to get to a safe haven. Instead of following the plan, people were to go to the Superdome and the Convention Center where there was no security or safety precautions provided. Lives could have been saved, according to the media 80 percent of the residents were evacuated this was clearly not good enough, there were many other people left to die because the emergency plan was not followed. If the plan would have been followed lives would have been
The amount of bodies began piling up so heavily that those who were not infected began just burning the bodies of the victims with no remorse just to get rid the possible infection they might still cause. Thousands and thousands of bodies were piled up and burned and those who were suspected of infection were dragged from their home in screams and cries and isolated until they faced death. Infants, children, adults were separated from their parents and thrown in ditches because those who were not infected were petrified of the disease they abandoned them on islands and ditches and left for
People were in panic running around trying to escape the Black Death. Some towns even rioted, “The combination of plague and fear of a Scottish invasion caused such unrest within Durham itself that there were riots on the streets.”16 People would leave their towns to run even futher away from the plague, stated in The Black Death essay “caring about nothing but themselves, abandoned their own city, their own houses, their dwellings, their relatives, their property, and went abroad…”17 The Black Death did not just affect men, but women as well caught the plague. When rich were sick they either ended up dying or leaving, when this happened many of their servants were left without a job, “…very often these servants lost their lives and their earnings.”18 Thus the economy started to do poorly. The economy was one of aspects that was affect the most by the Black Death, as stated in The Black Death Overview “The economy was probably hit the hardest of all the aspects of Europe.”19 Artisans were slowly disappearing which caused, people with skills to be more valuable the rich people.20 Farmers stop tending farms, farm animals were led astray, and people started to rob and pillage other towns. After the Black Death ended the economy slowly started to turn for the
Haiti was absolutely destroyed. They had no shelter, food, or water and without any medical staff because most of the hospitals were destroyed too. The people in Haiti were struggling and families were being destroyed. They were desperately in need of resources. Our government and the people felt bad for Haiti so we started a lot of charities and organizations just to help them out.
Government Shutdown The government shutdown has caused strain to many military families across the country. Active duty service members were no longer able to receive tuition assistance (TA) for civilian education. During the shutdown the commissary on base grocery store closed across the country as it was run by a government agency. Because of the government shutdown reduced medical service hours occurred at clinics. When the government shutdown it stopped death benefit payments to the family members of soldiers who died overseas in a combat zone.
Despite years of emergency planning in the wake of the terrorist attacks of 9 /11, and ample warning in the days preceding Hurricane Katrina that it would cause widespread destruction, no government, national, state or local adequately prepared vulnerable communities. After Katrina struck, the governmental response was inept. Local governments in New Orleans and other towns were overwhelmed, unable even to communicate with their personnel on the scene. State governments found their resources stretched to breaking point. The national government, cautious about appearing too proactive, delayed its response until specifically asked