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has officially been labeled a pandemic as officially beeen labeled a pandeemic
by the WHO. Past pandemics ddate
by the WHO. Past pandemics date
back several thousand years. The first
back several tthousand years. Thee first
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ecor
ded plague pandemic occurred in
r recorded plague pandemic occurred in
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the year 541 A.D., killing approximately
the year 541 AA.D., killing appr
100 million people. Perhaps the most
100 million peeople. Per haps the m most
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well ll k-known paandemic is the plaague
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well-known pandemic is the plague
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i
pandemic of 1347, which wiped out a a
pandemic of 11347, which wiped oout
o
quarter of Europe’s population. Duuring
quarter of Europe’s population. During
this pandemicc, the first r
ded use
ecor
this pandemic, the first recorded use The mortality he mortalityy
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of quarantine practices occurred.
of quarantinee practices occur ed.rr
raate of SARS was
Quarantine is still used today to combat
Quarantine is still used today to commbat rate of SARS was
the spr ead of ccommunicable diseaases.
the spread of communicable diseases.
approximately...
During the Spaanish Influenza Pandeemic
During the Spanish Influenza Pandemic a apprpp oximateely...y
of 1918, 675,0000 people in the U.S.
of 1918, 675,000 people in the U.S.
, U.S.
died. During thhis outbr
eak howeverr,,
died. During this outbreak however, U.S.
public health authorities began to use
public health aauthorities began too use
hygiene protocols like handwashing,
hygiene pr otoocols like handwashhing, 10 10
disinfection, and banning large public
ge puublic
disinfection, annd banning lar
gatherings to stop the spr
ead of the
gatherings to stop the spread of the
disease, technniques still used todayy.
disease, techniques still used today.
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makingaaking
international atioonal
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currently,
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however, experts
, experts
is not unfamiliar to the medical
ms, this
community, and in some forms, this
community, aand in some for
have staated that
viruses
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family of viruses are responsible for have stated that
family
of
diseases suchh as the common ccold.
diseases such as the common cold.
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their way into news headlines in
their way into news headlines in
the past. Sevver
e Acute Respiraatory
the past. Severe Acute Respiratory
Syndrome (SARS), responsible for
Syndr ome (SSARS), r esponsible for % %
774 deaths in 2003, and Middle East
774 deaths in 2003, and Middle East 2 2-333
Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), which
Respiratory Syyndr ome (MERS), whhich
has caused 8858 deaths since 2012,
has caused 858 deaths since 2012,
e
onaviruses. It is.
type of cores
are both types of coronaviruses. It is
ar
both
worth noting that these viruses hhave
worth noting that these viruses have
much higherr mortality rates tthan
much higher mortality rates than
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