Tag: Pandemics

The Plague of Yesteryear & Small Pox At the Revolution. What of the Wuhan Flu Today?

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Pandemic, deadly diseases have played a major role in shaping our history.  The Plague changed the map of Europe and had much to do with England’s political development.  It ended England’s practice of feudal slavery and set England on the path to becoming a liberal democracy.  The Plague came to

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Defining pandemics down

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WHO excitedly announced a few days ago that swine flu was a pandemic.  To my old-fashioned mind, pandemic means a deadly disease running riot around the world, threatening the lives of hundreds of thousands, if not millions.  Swine flu is definitely traveling, and it’s out of season, but so far

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