The ten worst epidemics in history before the corona virus
The worst pandemic in history before the corona virus
Coronavirus has caused a wave of terror worldwide, but pandemics have historically been devastating.
This disease (black deaths) has reduced the world's population for the first time in history, and it took the world two hundred years to reach this population again. (Public Domain)
The coronavirus, which spreads from the Chinese city of Wuhan, has attracted international attention, and many countries have cut off or stopped contact with China.
According to information available to date, millions of people have died from the corona virus while the total number of victims is tens of millions.
But all the evidence shows that the virus is not as dangerous as the fear it causes.
This fear, on the other hand, has been fueled by novels and films in which only a select few in the world have survived a humiliating epidemic, simply because the reporter had to keep up the pressure.
For example, the drama "The Last Man on Earth" shows that the global scourge has apparently led to the survival of one man on earth, who travels around the United States. That no one else is left and no one finds him.
But on the other hand, history also tells us that there have been many incidents in the past where the dreaded epidemic has greatly reduced the population and the current Corona epidemic is insignificant compared to them.
Here we are talking about ten devastating epidemics that have spread in the past that have devastated large parts of the world. The smallest and most frightening plague on earth.
(10)A sleep disorder
Number of injured: 1.5 million
The epidemic, which lasted from 1915 to 1926, was caused by a virus that attacked the brain. This condition can be considered a form of meningitis and can cause excessive drowsiness in a patient. In the severity of the disease, the patient remains an idol, unable to move
(9)Asian flu
Death: 2 million
From 1957 to 1958, a flu epidemic from China spread worldwide. According to some experts, the virus was transmitted from ducks to humans. The disease killed an estimated two million people, including 70,000 in the United States alone.
(8)Iranian plague
Death: Over two million
By the way, the plague was raging from time to time, but in 1772 a devastating plague struck Iran. At that time there was no cure for the scourge of this terrible disease that covered the whole country. (7)Cables2
Death: 2 million to 2.5 million
When the Spanish invaders invaded the Americas, it was the greatest tragedy in human history. The bodies of the local people lacked resistance to European germs, so their habitats were destroyed.
The catastrophe occurred in Mexico between 1576 and 1580, when between two and 2.5 million people were killed. It is not clear exactly what the disease was, but the patients had a high fever, and blood flowed from different parts of the body.
(6 )Antonin's plague
Death: 5 million to 10 million
This terrible disease spread during the Roman occupation. The plague, which lasted from 165 to 180 AD, devastated Europe. The famous sage Galenus went through the same period and described the disease, but it was not clear what the disease was, and it was said to be both measles and smallpox.
(5) Kokolsatli a
The pandemic also occurred in Mexico, but about 30 years before Cochlear 2, and for the same reason, the Native Americans did not have the European virus. But the plague brought more havoc on the world than any other and killed five to 1.5 million people.
These statistics are shocking given that at that time people were much younger than they are today and one can imagine how he left the whole world barren.
(4) Justin Plague
Death: 25 million
This is the first major outbreak of the disease between 541 and 542. Within two years, the plague struck the Byzantine Empire and the Sassanid Empires. The effects of the epidemic were devastating, according to experts, and changed the course of history. The disease is said to have weakened the empire so much that a few decades later the Arabs were able to overthrow it.
(3) AIDS
Death: 30 million
AIDS is a new disease that has been transmitted from chimpanzees to humans in West Africa and has spread around the world. The disease has hit Africa hard, with more than 60 percent of the world's cases in recent years coming from sub-Saharan Africa.
However, an effective treatment for the disease has now been found that has enabled us to control it.
HIV was transmitted from chimpanzees to humans in the early decades of the 20th century (WikiCommons)
(2 )The Spanish flu
Death: 100 million
The plague broke out during World War I, 1918-1920. At that time, the world's population was about 2.5 million, while the Spanish flu affected almost a fourth of the population.
Because of the war situation at the time, the flu epidemic was largely hidden in many parts of Europe, and Spain, being uninvolved in war and mass casualties there, gave the impression that the disease was particularly prevalent in Spain.
The flu usually kills children and the elderly, but the Spanish flu has killed young people in particular.
(1) black death
Death: 75 million to 200 million
Never before in human history has there been such a catastrophe. The epidemic of 1347 to 1351 was so devastating that if the plague had not occurred, the world map would have been different today.
According to experts, the disease started in East Asia and moved to the Middle East and then to Europe via trade routes, where it killed 30% to 60% of the population. The devastation was so great that no one was left to bury the dead throughout the city.
As a result of the epidemic, for the first time in history, the world's population declined and it took the world two hundred years to reach this population again.
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