Everyone has heard about the Spanish Flu epidemic during WW1, you probably thought it was the flu didn’t you? But that might not have been the case. I was surprised to learn that there are two other reasons for the suffering of millions during that time. First of all, did you know that millions of […]
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Oh no! Here We Go Again!
Monkey pox! Have you heard of it yet? I just saw a headline flash across the news channel- something like, “Monkey Pox is coming to the USA, should you worry?”. I guess Covid-19 didn’t sufficiently scare enough people. We need another scare. There is a clear pattern developing. Let’s take a look at it – […]
What is a pandemic? Follow The Patents And You Will Understand.
Pandemics and plagues have been around for thousands of years. A plague in the Greek city of Athens occurred in 430 B.C. and killed 75,000-100,000 people. No one really knows what the disease was but it caused panic in the population. The historian Thucydides observed people’s behavior and noticed that people who survived the disease […]