The growth of population in cities and small towns tend to lead to decline in living conditions, thus leading to famine and epidemics causing more cases if the Black Plaque. (Wiesner) The Mongol people thought that traders helped in the spreading of the Black Death faster than normal by the trading they did with other traders and countries. The traders would load their goods up to be traded, not realizing that the goods were full of infected fleas. When they traded their goods with other traders and countries, they were leaving behind the infected fleas to infect the people, and black rats in other countries. This is a vicious cycle and one reason why this epidemic became a pandemic so quickly.
EBSTAT Business Proposal ECO/561 August 11, 2014 Amanda Deerfield EBSTAT Business Proposal Ebola is a highly contagious and deadly virus which is believed to have originated in Africa, and although the exact origin of the virus is not known, researchers suspect contact with an animal host through blood or bodily fluids. Humans once infected, are able to transmit to the virus to others through bodily fluid contact (WHO, 2014). Named after an outbreak in 1976 near the Ebola river, WHO believes the deadly virus can have an incubation period of 2-21 days before the flulike symptoms emerge. There have been over 20 documented outbreaks since 1976 with fatality rates between 25-100% (WHO, 2014). Per the WHO (2014), the latest Ebola outbreak with began in January 2014 has killed over 1,000 Liberians and healthcare workers to date.
Annotated List of Reference The Impact of 9/11 Terrorists Attack on the U.S Economy This source discusses the impact on the United States of America’s economy. It states that fact of the United States stock market and how the DOW movements changed majorly. The impact on the economical growth descended moments after the attacks as the economy endured a direct hit, in the public and private sectors. With this, the consumer’s confidence in regarding their spending was hugely impacted and sent the United States into a recession. This help s with my essay as I can use this information to help me prove my point; that the attacks on 9/11 destroyed the United States majorly.
MEASLES SZT TASK 3 REBEKAH HIGHTOWER A. Measles Measles, what is it? Measles is one of the most highly contagious viral diseases and sadly it can be a fatal disease. This disease took the life of 164,000 children worldwide in 2008(Measles, 2014). It is caused by an infection called the rubeola virus.
The Black Death killed about 40% of the population of the British Isles before the epidemic ended. By 1351, the plague had run its course in Europe. Pope Clement IV estimated that 23,840,000 citizens of Europe had died due to the bubonic plague. The population of Europe before the plague was about 75 million. In the time span of just three years, one third of Europe had died.
It can often prove to be fatal. Cholera is a water-borne disease caused by a bacteria found in tainted water or food. It can kill within weeks through dehydration, but is treatable if caught in time. The spread started 3 years ago in Haiti and entered to Mexico through a hurricane and tropical storm which caused heavy rains, floods, landslides and internal displacement of populations, thus increasing the risk of diarrheal diseases. 171 affected cases, 1 dead were reported in Mexico.
In the mid-fourteenth century, Europeans suffered a catastrophic epidemic of bubonic plague. It was known as the “Black Death.” This plague killed about a third of the European population. With the resulting abundance of food for the survivors and the gain of property from the plague victims, survivors were prompted by the turmoil caused by the plague to move away and seek opportunities elsewhere. Most Europeans as a result perceived the world as a place of alarming risks where the balance of health, harvests and peace could easily be tilted by epidemics, famine and violence. This gave encouragement to a few to take greater risks, one of which entailed embarking on dangerous sea voyages through uncharted waters to points unknown.
Some doctors even thought that bad odors would get rid of the disease so they smeared feces and urine on their patients, which produced the opposite effect, and spread the disease. Since people lived in crowded cities due to famine in the years leading to the outbreak, they were exposed to the disease and it spread quickly among them. Fleas could travel from victim to victim easily in such close proximity. The disease is also known as the bubonic plague because it caused swelling and black sores on the body known as buboes. Interestingly, this is where we get the word for injury known as “boo boo”.
This is because the British settlement brought diseases such as chicken pox, small pox, influenza and measles. These diseases spread quickly so the aboriginal got infected by the diseases and their immune systems couldn’t fight the disease fast enough so they passed away. There were also fights against the British because of many reasons. The British also brought alcohol to Australia which affected the immune system on the aboriginals because they introduced the alcohol to the aboriginals to try some which didn’t turn out so well. They also brought in livestock which is cattle such as sheep’s, cows and etc.
Was the black plague/black death a positive or negative thing ? A question i once wondered and something many people probably still do .The bubonic plague caused a lot of hurt , some may think it was a good thing and some may not . In my opinion i think that the Black Plague was Harmful to everyone and the environment . There were many consequences caused by the black plague .As stated in the passage “ The population was forever changed in the western civilization”. I completely agree with the article because this plague caused a lot of of sickness which eventually turned into death .