A series in which I make you feel less lonely, realizing how many other pandemics humans have lived through. Roman Plague of AD 590 If you’ve ever seen dragons being flushed out to sea by a flood, you’re going to relate to the people of Rome in 590 AD. This particular plague, I’m going to […]
Read More Things Have Always Been TerribleA series in which I make you feel less lonely, realizing how many other pandemics humans have lived through. Vietnamese Plagues of the 1960s I have a special place in my heart for the people of Vietnam. I grew up knowing a refugee family who had been sponsored by our church, and I’ve ended up […]
Read More Things Have Always Been TerribleA series in which I make you feel less lonely, realizing how many other pandemics humans have lived through. Crusader Epidemic at Antioch Today’s epidemic is unique in that we don’t know what disease it actually was. It could have been typhoid, a disease we haven’t covered yet. Fun facts about typhoid: some people aren’t […]
Read More Things Have Always Been TerribleA series in which I make you feel less lonely, realizing how many other pandemics humans have lived through. Haaninin Smallpox Epidemic of 1869 Let’s go to America. This is our first entry about people indigenous to the Americas suffering a disease outbreak. Honestly, I’m afraid that people cared so little that most of this […]
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