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Plague of the early 21st century
I think I finally figured out what the plague of the early 21st century is. Its not swine flu, bird flu, or even Yersinia pestis (the Black Death/Bubonic Plague). The plague of the early 21st century is drugs. Its not just illegal drugs, but also legal drugs that are destroying our society from within. Over…
How close do you live to an airport
Food for thought – What shipping ports were to cities in the middle ages, airports are to the new age. This means that airports are the point of delivery for new infections. During the middle ages, fear of the plague was so great that shipping inspectors had to inspect a ship before it could make…
Fear and rumors during an epidemic
The story looks like its straight from a history book about the dark ages. Doctors without Borders tried to setup a clinic in Haiti to treat cholera patients. Instead of being welcomed by the local people, the doctors were met with fear, a small riot and rock throwing. The situation got so bad that armed troops had to be brought in to protect the clinic and doctors.
Cholera fears spark anti-clinic protest in Haiti
During the middle ages, people that did not understand the plague looked for groups of people to blame for the outbreaks. Finger pointers would pick someone in the village that had a bad reputation, brand them a witch for the outbreak of the plague, and burn them at the stake. An unknown number of Jews were murdered and burned during the Dark Ages for “supposedly” spreading the plague. There are stories of people being rounded up, locked in a barn, and the barn set on fire – because it was believed the people were witches, or were Jews and were responsible for causing the plague.
Could the dark ages happen again
The Dark Ages is a period of European history that we know very little about – there is very little written record, and that is why its called the “Dark Ages”. Its supposed to start somewhere around 476 AD and lasted to around to 1000 AD. Up until the Dark Ages, the Roman empire had…
Plague Strikes Town in China
Who said the plague is dead? It wasn’t me. For the full article, visit this page at abc news about the plague. There are couple of points here: 1 – China quarantined the town. If the outbreak had been in the USA, would the Federal, State or local Government been able to do the same thing?…
An historical account of the plague
An historical account of the plague: and other pestilential distempers….. was written by R. Goodwin, Richard Burdekin, published by R. Burdekin in 1832 (Original from Oxford University), digitized for Google books on Apr 19, 2006 and is 78 pages long. To view the full version of the book, or to download it, visit this page…
Food supply chains
During outbreaks of the plague in Europe, there was one major problem that faced the rich and poor alike – and that was the availability of food. The more moving parts a machine has, the more likely it is to break. The supply lines that feed the world are fragile. Before the crops are ever…
George A. Romeros Diary of the Dead
First impressions – this is a pretty good zombie flick. Maybe not a great movie, but it is good. Diary of the Dead addresses some real issues that would face our society if a wide spread disaster were to strike. During the 1918 flu pandemic, governments did not want want the public to know that…
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