Discuss flus, viral catastrophies, and so on throughout time. Their impact, their causes, everything. Also, feel free to draw comparisons and ideas with the new upcoming avian bird flu.
OK...here we go new thread.........The Black Death was a devastating pandemic that first struck Europe in the mid-14th century (1347–51), killing up to a third of Europe's population, an estimated 34 million people. A series of similar epidemics occurred across large portions of Asia and the Middle East during the same period, indicating that the European outbreak was actually part of a multi-regional pandemic........Wrath of god it was said to be.
Last edited by debbiejo on May 9th, 2006 at 02:32 PM
Well at first they thought it was coming from the dogs and cats, so they burned them all, which made the rat population grow even larger. Later it was found that it was a disease carried by the fleas on the rats....Once the fleas got into your house, you were doomed....Fleas got into you bedding, clothes, hair.
The Spanish Flu was worse than the Plague.. It is thought that up to 100 million people died from the Spanish Flu.. Easily more than the Plague or any other pandemic in human history.
It was up to 100 million.. it was more than 30 mill anyway.. It is thought to be from 50 million to 100 million.. I think it was closer to 100 mill than 50 though.
lol for some reason im quite partial to the bubonic plague, not only does it have a neato name, but fleas, some of the smallest creatures living in houses today, brought the end of a massive amount of people in a very short time window.
aids sure its scary, but dont get cut and dont have sex and do introvenus drugs and bammo no aids.
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May 9th, 2006 01:55 PM
im gonna google that 
