Nekeisha Phillip HIS 100 1-3 What Is History Short Response
What Is History? History is the study of the past. We study the past life of people, their culture, civilization, events, and the failures and achievements of those before us. As I think about the statement "Those who don't know history won't be able improve the present" I can't help but to think about the current coronavirus pandemic that is affecting the world. I feel that we have dealt with infectious viruses before (this one is superior and wide spread) and instead of looking for a new way to battle this, I believe that the government should be looking at what worked and begin building from there.
America has experienced prior pandemics but non as horrific as covid-19, the 1918
influenza pandemic was the most severe pandemic in history. It was caused by an H1N1 virus; it spread worldwide during 1918-1919 In the United States during the war. It was first identified in military personnel in spring 1918. It is estimated that about 500 million people or one-third of the world's population became infected with this virus. The 1957 H2N2 pandemic and the 1968 H3N2 pandemic each resulted in an estimated 1 million global deaths, while the 2009 H1N1 pandemic resulted in fewer than 0.3 million deaths in its first year. (Barbara, J, 2019; 2018, pg.187; 2018, pg.108) These subsequent pandemics were less severe and caused considerably lower mortality rates than the 1918 pandemic.
There were no coordinated pandemic plans existed in 1918 Some cities managed to
implement community mitigation measures, such as closing schools, banning public gatherings. and issuing isolation or quarantine orders, but the federal government had no centralized role in helping to plan or initiate these interventions during the 1918 pandemic. (Barbara, J 2018:108) More recently during the 2009-2010 H1N1 pandemic, Now, the U.S. and world are in another pandemic with coronavirus the same plans that were implemented in 1918 are now being issued to stop and control the spread of this deadly virus. More than 700 schools in the United States were closed, along with public gathering places.
Since 1918, the world has experienced four additional pandemics, in 1957, 1968, and 2009 the most recently in 2020. Referral
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