Monday, March 16, 2020

The History Of Pandemics

Here are all the known pandemics, presented in stunning visual detail:

Source - https://www.visualcapitalist.com/history-of-pandemics-deadliest/ [go to the link for a larger version of the graphic]




By the way, note well the arguably intentional plagues of smallpox and measles which killed off millions of native Americans are not included in the graphic. This may be due to how pandemics have been defined, but perhaps it's due to historical ignorance.

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