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The Impact on Society of the Black Death in the 16th and the Spanish Flu in the 20th Century.
WORLD WIDE CHEMICAL CONFERENCE
JUNE, 2000


THE BLACK DEATH

EUROPE BEFORE THE PLAGUE
THE RISE OF CITIES
THE RISE OF COMMERCE
THE SIEGE OF KAFFA
THE USE OF BIO WARFARE IN THE MIDDLE AGES
THE DISEASE IS SPREAD BY OXCART AND SHIP


THE BLACK DEATH

THE FERTILE GROUND OF EUROPE
THE LACK OF PREPARATION
LACK OF MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE
A TENDENCY TOARD HYSTERIA
THE PLAGUE TAKES HOLD -- GOD ABANDONS EUROPE
THE MECHANICS OF DISPOSAL



THE BLACK DEATH
ENTIRE VILLAGES WIPED OUT
ALL SORTS OF REMEDIES WERE TRIED
SOCIAL ORDER BROKE DOWN
MENTALLY ILL PEOPLE, THOSE WITH HANDICAPS, ANIMALS WERE ATTACKED ANDKILLED -- THEY WERE BLAIMED


THE BLACK DEATH
THE COST IN LIVES
30% OF EUROPE DIED
CIVILIZATION WS SET BACK A GENERATION OR MORE
SOCIAL ORDER AND COMMERCE BADLY DISRUPTED
IT WAS PREVENTABLE IF EUROPE HAD KNOWN THE CAUSE


THE BLACK DEATH
EVENTUALLY THE DISEASE BURNED ITSELF OUT
RE-OCCURRED IN EUROPE FOR OVER A DECADE AT IRREGULAR INTERVALS
WHAT STOPPED THE PLAGUE WAS THE DEVELOPMENT OF BETTER SANITARY CONDITIONS


SPANISH FLU OF 1917-18
ORIGINS OF THE PLAGUE
BEGAN AT FORT RILEY, KANSAS
LARGE MANURE PILE BURNED AND WIND CARRIED ASHES ALL OVER THE POST
NEXT DAY, SOLDIERS STARTED COMING DOWN WITH THE FLU
ARMY PANICKED -- SENT TROOPS OVER TO EUROPE


SPANISH FLU OF 1917-18
ORIGINS OF THE PLAGUE
THEY BROUGHT THE DISEASE WITH THEM
PEOPLE IN EUROPE BEGAN TO COME DOWN TITH THE DISEASE
FLU SPREAD TO THE GERMANS, AND THEN MOVED EAST BY STATES
IN FACT, THE DISEASE MOVED AROUND THE WORLD AND RE-ENTERED THE U.S. THROUGH THE WEST COAST


SPANISH FLU OF 1917-18
NEAR BREAKDOWN OF SOCIAL ORDER
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE AFFECTED -- WHOLE FAMILIES
SPREAD RAPIDLY THROUGH THE POPULATION BY CONTACT
PEOPLE DIED WITHIN A FEW DAYS FROM THE ONSET OF THE SYMPTOMS


SPANISH FLU OF 1917-18
NEAR BREAKDOWN OF SOCIAL ORDER
MORGUES RAN OUT OF ROOM
PEOPLE CEASED TO GO OUTUSIDE AND INTERACT WITH OTHERS
SCHOOLS AND STORES WERE CLOSED
THE ECONOMIC LIFE OF THE NATION BEGAN TO GRIND TO A HALT
PEOPLE BEGAN TO BLAME OTHERS


SPANISH FLU OF 1917-18
NEAR BREAKDOWN OF SOCIAL ORDER
POPULATION MIGRATED TO THE COUNTR FROM THE CITIY AND MERELY SPRED THE FLU
PEOPLE TOOK UP RELIGION AS THEY HAD DURING THE BLACK DEATH
FAMILIES LOST SIGNIFICANT MEMBERS ONE AFTER THE OTHER
AS QUICKLY AS IT AROSE, THE FLU DISAPPEARED
JUST AT THE RIGHT TIME -- SOCIETY WAS BEGINNING TO COME APART



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