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Task 2
D266 World History
A1- The cause of the Black Death, otherwise known as bubonic plague, came from
a bacterial strand known as Yersinia Pestis. This bacteria became the cause of the deadliest known pandemic in history, with a mortality rate of 40-60% taking the lives of approximately 30 million people. The disease was transmitted from fleas to rats and other animals and eventually humans.
A2- Humans played a massive role in aiding in the spread of the plague. Overcrowded and unsanitary areas common areas as well as the amount of travel that occurred with infected animals and humans helped bring the plague to many different places. The Silk Road, a massive trail used for trading throughout Europe,
was a perfect transmission route for the plague to spread everywhere the traders and animals visited along the way to their destinations. Bactrian camels were popular for trade and human safety along the silk roadway and were the perfect hiding spot for many infected fleas to hitch a ride and spread the plague. People’s lack of knowledge with how to stop the spread helped the plague reach new destination, by 1347 the plague had traveled across the sea and reached Constantinople killing tens of thousands more people.
A3- Some of the medical knowledge still used today was an outcome and response to Black Death. Physicians became more reliant on their own observations of how diseases effected the human body and the use of their own judgement on how to handle different medical situations. The use of autopsy’s or dissection to help educate on the human response to the plague was less frowned
upon and people became more intrigued with the human body.
Different religions had different reactions to the Black Death. The Christians believed the plague was punishment for committing a sin. Catholics believed calling for an end to anything that would upset God like swearing and drinking could stop the spread from host to host. Those of Jewish faith were blamed and said to somehow aid in the spread of the plague by the Catholic Church, even though just as many Jewish faith people were dying from the plague as those of non-Jewish faith. Some of those of Muslim faith believed the plague was just a result of God’s will and that nothing could be done to stop it. (WGU Lesson 3.2 Religious Response to the Black Death).
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B1- Although the origin of the H1N1 virus is still unknown it spread quickly across the world during World War 1. It is believed to have started being carried by birds,
then pigs, and finally humans. Unsanitary living conditions and rodent infestations made the spread of the flu almost impossible to control. Between the year of 1918 and 1919 three different waves of the flu had taken place spanning from Europe, the Americas, Africa, Australia, and Asia. (WGU lesson 5.1 Beginnings of the Disease)
B2- Humans played a significant role in the spread of the flu virus. Overcrowded living quarters and increased travel, especially within military personnel, helped spread the virus to all ends of the globe. Lack of trained medical personnel did not
help the spread, Doctors who were mostly men were appointed to their role based on level of class and not based on education in medical school. Without proper healthcare systems in place and the knowledge of quarantine and social distancing to help stop the spread there was almost no hope for the pandemic to come to an end.
B3-The Flu pandemic of 1918 had a great impact on medicine today and governments around the globe. In Europe and the United States paper records became a more common thing to come across in regard to goods for battle fields and the count of citizens so they could be shipped off to battle, “yet regarding the
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1918 Pandemic, the records are remarkably silent.” (WGU Lesson 6.1 Studying the
1918 Pandemic, The Pandemic in Europe and the United States). In the United States state and local governments had to step up and start enforcing rules for public health as the federal government was failing to respond to the issues. In Philadelphia there was no government to enforce the public health rules and after
public health officials allowed the “Liberty Loan March” 200,000 people flooded the streets and within three days the local hospitals were at full capacity with sick residents. In the United Kingdom the pandemic pushed for public health measures
to be implemented to help curb the spread of the flu. The measures included quarantine, closure of some public spaces, and the use of face masks. The main priority still remained to win the war but the health of the people began to take some priority in the government.
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