Johns Hopkins experts in global public health, infectious disease, and emergency preparedness have been at the forefront of the international response to COVID-19.
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![]() More Americans died of the Spanish flu than in all the wars of the 20th century combined.
Al Cannistras insight:
a month deadlier than a month in a world war.... . .
![]() The Spanish flu pandemic of 1918, the deadliest in history, infected an estimated 500 million people worldwide—about one-third of the planet’s population—and killed an estimated 20 million to 50 million victims, including some 675,000 Americans.
Al Cannistras insight:
a beginning - and an end.... . . |
![]() As human civilizations rose, these pandemic diseases, from the bubonic plague to smallpox to influenza, struck them down.
Al Cannistras insight:
are we living in what will change history - forever? . .
![]() Undertakers, gravediggers and casket makers couldn’t keep up with history’s deadliest pandemic.
Al Cannistras insight:
dealing with the reality of bodies.... . .
![]() Lacking a vaccine or even a known cause of the outbreak, mayors and city health officials were left to improvise. Should they close schools and ban all public gatherings? Should they require every citizen to wear a gauze face mask? Or would shutting down important financial centers in wartime be unpatriotic?
Al Cannistras insight:
I am going to share 6 articles - sounds like 2020 is destined to be next in the series... . . |
this is SO SCARY - as of today - 10 times MORE people fully RECOVER than die!....
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