{"id":30,"date":"2020-09-24T23:24:46","date_gmt":"2020-09-25T06:24:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ac.nau.edu\/pandemicstories\/?page_id=30"},"modified":"2020-11-19T22:13:59","modified_gmt":"2020-11-20T05:13:59","slug":"introduction","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ac.nau.edu\/pandemicstories\/introduction\/","title":{"rendered":"Pandemics"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"30\" class=\"elementor elementor-30\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-53d9e2e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"53d9e2e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-889c7c6\" data-id=\"889c7c6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a5c6d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1a5c6d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What are Pandemics?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d1ac0e8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d1ac0e8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-17b83db\" data-id=\"17b83db\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8cafb69 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8cafb69\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A pandemic is a global disease outbreak. It is different from an outbreak or epidemic because it affects a wider geographical area (often worldwide, infects a greater number of people than an epidemic, is often caused by a new virus or strain of a virus that has not circulated among people for a long time, humans usually have little to no immunity against it, it spreads quickly from person-to-person worldwide, causes a higher number of deaths than epidemics, and often creates social disruption, economic loss, and general hardship.<\/p><p>Here are 10 of the worst pandemics in history.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2167a19 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2167a19\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-33cea81\" data-id=\"33cea81\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-1736c80 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1736c80\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-77713ca\" data-id=\"77713ca\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-86f29a8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"86f29a8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"388\" src=\"https:\/\/ac.nau.edu\/pandemicstories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/face-of-aids-1024x620.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-232\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ac.nau.edu\/pandemicstories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/face-of-aids-1024x620.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ac.nau.edu\/pandemicstories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/face-of-aids-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ac.nau.edu\/pandemicstories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/face-of-aids-768x465.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ac.nau.edu\/pandemicstories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/face-of-aids.jpg 1057w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">The Face of Aids, photographed by Therese Frare, 1990.\nDavid Kirby died surrounded by his family. But Therese Frare\u2019s photograph of the 32-year-old man on his deathbed did more than just capture the heartbreaking moment. It humanized AIDS, the disease that killed Kirby, at a time when it was ravaging victims largely out of public view. The image helped create critical awareness about AIDS when the disease was still uncontrolled and sufferers were lobbying the federal government to speed the development of new drugs (Time 100 Photos \"The Face of AIDS\").<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-a87b819\" data-id=\"a87b819\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6919cf6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6919cf6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>HIV\/AIDS Pandemic (at its peak, 2005-2012)<\/strong><br \/><strong>Death Toll: 36 million<\/strong><br \/><strong>Cause: HIV\/AIDS<\/strong><br \/>\u201cFirst identified in Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1976, HIV\/AIDS has truly proven itself as a global pandemic, killing more than 36 million people since 1981. Currently there are between 31 and 35 million people living with HIV, the vast majority of those are in Sub-Saharan Africa, where 5% of the population is infected, roughly 21 million people. As awareness has grown, new treatments have been developed that make HIV far more manageable, and many of those infected go on to lead productive lives. Between 2005 and 2012 the annual global deaths from HIV\/AIDS dropped from 2.2 million to 1.6 million\u201d (\u201cOutbreak: 10 of the Worst Pandemics in History\u201d).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2fdb158 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2fdb158\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-85f19e5\" data-id=\"85f19e5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-be7ea42 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"be7ea42\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-114c2a5\" data-id=\"114c2a5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-356115c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"356115c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Flu Pandemic (1968)<\/strong><br \/><strong>Death Toll: 1 million<\/strong><br \/><strong>Cause: Influenza<\/strong><br \/>\u201cA category 2 Flu pandemic sometimes referred to as \u201cthe Hong Kong Flu,\u201d the 1968 flu pandemic was caused by the H3N2 strain of the Influenza A virus, a genetic offshoot of the H2N2 subtype. From the first reported case on July 13, 1968 in Hong Kong, it took only 17 days before outbreaks of the virus were reported in Singapore and Vietnam, and within three months had spread to The Philippines, India, Australia, Europe, and the United States. While the 1968 pandemic had a comparatively low mortality rate (.5%) it still resulted in the deaths of more than a million people, including 500,000 residents of Hong Kong, approximately 15% of its population at the time\u201d (\u201cOutbreak: 10 of the Worst Pandemics in History\u201d).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-7cbc13a\" data-id=\"7cbc13a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aef70f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"aef70f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/ac.nau.edu\/pandemicstories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/hong-kong-flu-1024x512.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-233\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ac.nau.edu\/pandemicstories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/hong-kong-flu-1024x512.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/ac.nau.edu\/pandemicstories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/hong-kong-flu-300x150.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/ac.nau.edu\/pandemicstories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/hong-kong-flu-768x384.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/ac.nau.edu\/pandemicstories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/hong-kong-flu.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Restrictions on visits to Cleveland\u2019s Grace Hospital and others were among the measures taken to slow the spread of the Hong Kong flu in 1968. BETTMANN ARCHIVE (Wallstreet Journal \"Forgotten Pandemic Offers Contrast to Today\u2019s Coronavirus Lockdowns\")<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fc3176c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fc3176c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7c1f4d6\" data-id=\"7c1f4d6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-e3ded2c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e3ded2c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-ee46f4e\" data-id=\"ee46f4e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1953149 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1953149\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"491\" src=\"https:\/\/ac.nau.edu\/pandemicstories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/asian-flu-1024x785.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-241\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ac.nau.edu\/pandemicstories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/asian-flu-1024x785.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ac.nau.edu\/pandemicstories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/asian-flu-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ac.nau.edu\/pandemicstories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/asian-flu-768x589.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ac.nau.edu\/pandemicstories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/asian-flu-1536x1178.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ac.nau.edu\/pandemicstories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/asian-flu-2048x1570.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Flu-struck students rest in the Naval Armory at Georgia Tech in October 1957 after the school infirmary became too crowded with other patients (The Washington Post \"In 1957, a new flu appeared in Asia. The world watched and waited for it to spread.\").<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-b9f4876\" data-id=\"b9f4876\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-818d624 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"818d624\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Asian Flu (1956-1958)<\/strong><br \/><strong>Death Toll: 2 million<\/strong><br \/><strong>Cause: Influenza<\/strong><br \/>\u201cAsian Flu was a pandemic outbreak of Influenza A of the H2N2 subtype, that originated in China in 1956 and lasted until 1958. In its two-year spree, Asian Flu traveled from the Chinese province of Guizhou to Singapore, Hong Kong, and the United States. Estimates for the death toll of the Asian Flu vary depending on the source, but the World Health Organization places the final tally at approximately 2 million deaths, 69,800 of those in the US alone\u201d (\u201cOutbreak: 10 of the Worst Pandemics in History\u201d).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6da5210 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6da5210\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-79cb375\" data-id=\"79cb375\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-9a3ea51 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9a3ea51\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-3842d5b\" data-id=\"3842d5b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8e228f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a8e228f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Flu Pandemic (1918)<\/strong><br \/><strong>Death Toll: 20-50 million<\/strong><br \/><strong>Cause: Influenza<\/strong><br \/>\u201cBetween 1918 and 1920 a disturbingly deadly outbreak of influenza tore across the globe, infecting over a third of the world\u2019s population and ending the lives of 20 \u2013 50 million people. Of the 500 million people infected in the 1918 pandemic, the mortality rate was estimated at 10% to 20%, with up to 25 million deaths in the first 25 weeks alone. What separated the 1918 flu pandemic from other influenza outbreaks was the victims; where influenza had always previously only killed juveniles and the elderly or already weakened patients, it had begun striking down hardy and completely healthy young adults, while leaving children and those with weaker immune systems still alive\u201d (\u201cOutbreak: 10 of the Worst Pandemics in History\u201d).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-eff7929\" data-id=\"eff7929\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a4b5ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1a4b5ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"424\" src=\"https:\/\/ac.nau.edu\/pandemicstories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/1918-flu.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-234\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ac.nau.edu\/pandemicstories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/1918-flu.jpg 830w, https:\/\/ac.nau.edu\/pandemicstories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/1918-flu-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ac.nau.edu\/pandemicstories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/1918-flu-768x509.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Boston Red Cross Volunteers assembling gauze masks for use at hard-hit Camp Devens, Massachusetts (CDC \"1918 Historical Image Gallery\").<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-67a6915 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"67a6915\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-738cdf6\" data-id=\"738cdf6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-7940a4d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7940a4d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-dbc469a\" data-id=\"dbc469a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e3c624 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8e3c624\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"438\" src=\"https:\/\/ac.nau.edu\/pandemicstories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/cholera2-1024x700.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-237\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ac.nau.edu\/pandemicstories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/cholera2-1024x700.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ac.nau.edu\/pandemicstories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/cholera2-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ac.nau.edu\/pandemicstories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/cholera2-768x525.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ac.nau.edu\/pandemicstories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/cholera2.jpg 1124w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">A cholera ward during the sixth cholera pandemic (Wikipedia Commons).<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-727d25a\" data-id=\"727d25a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-03b00df elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"03b00df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Sixth Cholera Pandemic (1910-1911)<\/strong><br \/><strong>Death Toll: 800,000+<\/strong><br \/><strong>Cause: Cholera<\/strong><br \/>\u201cLike its five previous incarnations, the Sixth Cholera Pandemic originated in India where it killed over 800,000, before spreading to the Middle East, North Africa, Eastern Europe and Russia. The Sixth Cholera Pandemic was also the source of the last American outbreak of Cholera (1910\u20131911). American health authorities, having learned from the past, quickly sought to isolate the infected, and in the end only 11 deaths occurred in the U.S. By 1923 Cholera cases had been cut down dramatically, although it was still a constant in India\u201d (\u201cOutbreak: 10 of the Worst Pandemics in History\u201d).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-db17199 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"db17199\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3b5d659\" data-id=\"3b5d659\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-26acdb8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"26acdb8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-6741cef\" data-id=\"6741cef\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d34447e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d34447e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Flu Pandemic (1889-1890)<\/strong><br \/><strong>Death Toll: 1 million<\/strong><br \/><strong>Cause: Influenza<\/strong><br \/>\u201cOriginally the \u201cAsiatic Flu\u201d or \u201cRussian Flu\u201d as it was called, this strain was thought to be an outbreak of the Influenza A virus subtype H2N2, though recent discoveries have instead found the cause to be the Influenza A virus subtype H3N8. The first cases were observed in May 1889 in three separate and distant locations, Bukhara in Central Asia (Turkestan), Athabasca in northwestern Canada, and Greenland. Rapid population growth of the 19th century, specifically in urban areas, only helped the flu spread, and before long the outbreak had spread across the globe. Though it was the first true epidemic in the era of bacteriology and much was learned from it. In the end, the 1889-1890 Flu Pandemic claimed the lives of over a million individuals\u201d (\u201cOutbreak: 10 of the Worst Pandemics in History\u201d).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-4547400\" data-id=\"4547400\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9ab2de1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9ab2de1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/ac.nau.edu\/pandemicstories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/russian-flu-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-236\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ac.nau.edu\/pandemicstories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/russian-flu-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ac.nau.edu\/pandemicstories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/russian-flu-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ac.nau.edu\/pandemicstories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/russian-flu-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ac.nau.edu\/pandemicstories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/russian-flu-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ac.nau.edu\/pandemicstories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/russian-flu.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Artist rendition of a hospital ward during the flu pandemic of 1889. (History \"The Russian Flu of 1889: The Deadly Pandemic Few Americans Took Seriously\") 7 Continents History\/Everett Collection<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ee7f9d4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ee7f9d4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fe75eb9\" data-id=\"fe75eb9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-9f7f031 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9f7f031\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-da2a877\" data-id=\"da2a877\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d0567b1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d0567b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"627\" src=\"https:\/\/ac.nau.edu\/pandemicstories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/cholera.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-235\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ac.nau.edu\/pandemicstories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/cholera.jpg 500w, https:\/\/ac.nau.edu\/pandemicstories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/cholera-239x300.jpg 239w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Hand bill from the New York City Board of Health, 1832. The outdated public health advice demonstrates the lack of understanding of the disease and its actual causative factors (Wikipedia \"Cholera outbreaks and pandemics\").<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-82bc698\" data-id=\"82bc698\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e666dc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1e666dc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Third Cholera Pandemic (1852-1860)<\/strong><br \/><strong>Death Toll: 1 million<\/strong><br \/><strong>Cause: Cholera<\/strong><br \/>\u201cGenerally considered the most deadly of the seven cholera pandemics, the third major outbreak of Cholera in the 19th century lasted from 1852 to 1860. Like the first and second pandemics, the Third Cholera Pandemic originated in India, spreading from the Ganges River Delta before tearing through Asia, Europe, North America and Africa and ending the lives of over a million people. British physician John Snow, while working in a poor area of London, tracked cases of cholera and eventually succeeded in identifying contaminated water as the means of transmission for the disease. Unfortunately the same year as his discovery (1854) went down as the worst year of the pandemic, in which 23,000 people died in Great Britain\u201d (\u201cOutbreak: 10 of the Worst Pandemics in History\u201d).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-dfb318d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dfb318d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c893d7d\" data-id=\"c893d7d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-85f9312 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"85f9312\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-5c8b8e2\" data-id=\"5c8b8e2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3028e4b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3028e4b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>The Black Death (1346-1353)<\/strong><br \/><strong>Death Toll: 75-200 million<\/strong><br \/><strong>Cause: Bubonic Plague<\/strong><br \/>\u201cFrom 1346 to 1353 an outbreak of the Plague ravaged Europe, Africa, and Asia, with an estimated death toll between 75 and 200 million people. Thought to have originated in Asia, the Plague most likely jumped continents via the fleas living on the rats that so frequently lived aboard merchant ships. Ports being major urban centers at the time, were the perfect breeding ground for the rats and fleas, and thus the insidious bacterium flourished, devastating three continents in its wake\u201d (\u201cOutbreak: 10 of the Worst Pandemics in History\u201d).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-0bc1b3a\" data-id=\"0bc1b3a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-857fd34 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"857fd34\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/ac.nau.edu\/pandemicstories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/plague-doctor.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-238\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ac.nau.edu\/pandemicstories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/plague-doctor.jpg 700w, https:\/\/ac.nau.edu\/pandemicstories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/plague-doctor-300x159.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">A drawing of a plague doctor mask. Foul-smelling air was combatted with sweet herbs and spices like camphor, mint, cloves, and myrrh, stuffed into a mask with a curved, bird-like beak. The mask was intended to protect the doctors from the plague, but was often ineffective because of the airholes poked into the beak (All That's Interesting \"Inside The Terrifying But Necessary Job Of A Medieval Plague Doctor\").<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b7fb9f3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b7fb9f3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9d27a85\" data-id=\"9d27a85\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-ff144da elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ff144da\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-93ea0de\" data-id=\"93ea0de\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8ec874 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a8ec874\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"955\" src=\"https:\/\/ac.nau.edu\/pandemicstories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/justinian-plague-686x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-239\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ac.nau.edu\/pandemicstories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/justinian-plague-686x1024.jpeg 686w, https:\/\/ac.nau.edu\/pandemicstories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/justinian-plague-201x300.jpeg 201w, https:\/\/ac.nau.edu\/pandemicstories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/justinian-plague-768x1146.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/ac.nau.edu\/pandemicstories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/justinian-plague-1030x1536.jpeg 1030w, https:\/\/ac.nau.edu\/pandemicstories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/justinian-plague.jpeg 1206w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Renaissance depiction of the Plague of Justinian (History of Yesterday \"The Pandemic That Nearly Brought Down An Empire\").<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-99b505e\" data-id=\"99b505e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af1a393 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"af1a393\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Plague of Justinian (541-542)<\/strong><br \/><strong>Death Toll: 25 million<\/strong><br \/><strong>Cause: Bubonic Plague<\/strong><br \/>\u201cThought to have killed perhaps half the population of Europe, the Plague of Justinian was an outbreak of the bubonic plague that afflicted the Byzantine Empire and Mediterranean port cities, killing up to 25 million people in its year long reign of terror. Generally regarded as the first recorded incident of the Bubonic Plague, the Plague of Justinian left its mark on the world, killing up to a quarter of the population of the Eastern Mediterranean and devastating the city of Constantinople, where at its height it was killing an estimated 5,000 people per day and eventually resulting in the deaths of 40% of the city\u2019s population\u201d (\u201cOutbreak: 10 of the Worst Pandemics in History\u201d).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cbcbbf6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cbcbbf6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-26482a0\" data-id=\"26482a0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-a393849 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a393849\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-c99e1c9\" data-id=\"c99e1c9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e84c6a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5e84c6a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Antonine Plague (165 AD)<\/strong><br \/><strong>Death Toll: 5 million<\/strong><br \/><strong>Cause: Unknown<\/strong><br \/>\u201cAlso known as the Plague of Galen, the Antonine Plague was an ancient pandemic that affected Asia Minor, Egypt, Greece, and Italy and is thought to have been either Smallpox or Measles, though the true cause is still unknown. This unknown disease was brought back to Rome by soldiers returning from Mesopotamia around 165AD; unknowingly, they had spread a disease which would end up killing over 5 million people and decimating the Roman army\u201d (\u201cOutbreak: 10 of the Worst Pandemics in History\u201d).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-c6c8b55\" data-id=\"c6c8b55\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d50e56 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2d50e56\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/ac.nau.edu\/pandemicstories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/antonine-plague.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-240\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ac.nau.edu\/pandemicstories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/antonine-plague.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ac.nau.edu\/pandemicstories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/antonine-plague-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ac.nau.edu\/pandemicstories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/antonine-plague-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">An engraving by Levasseur after Jules-Elie Delaunay depicts the angel of death at the door during the 165 A.D. Antonine plague in Rome (Smithsonian Magazine \"What Rome Learned From the Deadly Antonine Plague of 165 A.D.\").<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-87d84c8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"87d84c8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b617cbc\" data-id=\"b617cbc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df9c65d elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"df9c65d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4c582a8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4c582a8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-66dd6b1\" data-id=\"66dd6b1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-462816d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"462816d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201c1918 Historical Image Gallery.\u201d Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2 Mar. 2018, www.cdc.gov\/flu\/pandemic-resources\/1918-commemoration\/historical-images.htm.\u00a0<\/p><p>\u201cCholera Outbreaks and Pandemics.\u201d Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 16 Nov. 2020, en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cholera_outbreaks_and_pandemics.\u00a0<\/p><p>Daugherty, Greg. \u201cThe Russian Flu of 1889: The Deadly Pandemic Few Americans Took Seriously.\u201d History.com, A&amp;E Television Networks, 23 Mar. 2020, www.history.com\/news\/1889-russian-flu-pandemic-in-america.\u00a0<\/p><p>\u201cThe Face of AIDS | 100 Photographs | The Most Influential Images of All Time.\u201d Time, Time, 100photos.time.com\/photos\/therese-frare-face-aids.\u00a0<\/p><p>Kelly, John. \u201cPerspective | In 1957, a New Flu Appeared in Asia. The World Watched and Waited for It to Spread.\u201d The Washington Post, WP Company, 17 Mar. 2020, www.washingtonpost.com\/local\/in-1957-a-new-flu-appeared-in-asia-the-world-watched-and-waited-for-it-to-spread\/2020\/03\/17\/9f5205b4-685f-11ea-b313-df458622c2cc_story.html.<\/p><p>\u201cOutbreak: 10 of the Worst Pandemics in History By Staff.\u201d Outbreak: 10 of the Worst Pandemics in History, www.mphonline.org\/worst-pandemics-in-history\/.<\/p><p>\u201cOutbreaks, Epidemics and Pandemics-What You Need to Know.\u201d APIC, apic.org\/monthly_alerts\/outbreaks-epidemics-and-pandemics-what-you-need-to-know\/.<\/p><p>Pancevski, Bojan. \u201cForgotten Pandemic Offers Contrast to Today&#8217;s Coronavirus Lockdowns.\u201d The Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones &amp; Company, 24 Apr. 2020, www.wsj.com\/articles\/forgotten-pandemic-offers-contrast-to-todays-coronavirus-lockdowns-11587720625.\u00a0<\/p><p>Piper, Grant. \u201cThe Pandemic That Nearly Brought Down An Empire.\u201d Medium, History of Yesterday, 12 Aug. 2020, medium.com\/history-of-yesterday\/the-pandemic-that-nearly-brought-down-an-empire-c8a32bdb3d.\u00a0<\/p><p>Rennie, Daniel. \u201cBehind The Beaked Mask: The Terrifying Job Of A Medieval Plague Doctor.\u201d All That&#8217;s Interesting, All That&#8217;s Interesting, 23 Jan. 2020, allthatsinteresting.com\/plague-doctors.\u00a0<\/p><p>\u201cWhat Rome Learned From the Deadly Antonine Plague of 165 A.D.\u201d Smithsonian.com, Smithsonian Institution, 28 Apr. 2020, www.smithsonianmag.com\/history\/what-rome-learned-deadly-antonine-plague-165-d-180974758\/.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What are Pandemics? 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