Timeline & Comparison: All Pandemics in History

The history of pandemics goes back to as far as 430 B.C. in Athens, Greece. As centuries passed, pandemics never left humanity alone and kept recurring, until we saw the worst catastrophe ever to have happened, in the form of Black Death that ravaged Europe and Asia to an extent that will never be forgotten. Despite advancement in medicine and science, pandemics still occur today, with COVID-19 being one of the most severe forms of pandemics that we have witnessed so far in the 21st century. In this video, we take a look at the data of pandemics in chronological order. PANDEMIC DATA INCLUDES: The video starts with the definition of Pandemic, followed by these stats: • Name of Pandemic or Contagion • When they occurred (Years) • Where each pandemic began (Origin Location) • Cause behind every pandemic in history (Cause/Agent) • How many people died (Estimated number of Deaths) • What percentage of the effected died (Estimated Mortality Rate) HIGHLIGHTS: 00:43 Worst Pandemic Ever 00:46 Worst pandemic in the history of USA 01:28 Pandemic with 100% mortality rate 01:10 Oldest pandemic that is still ongoing 01:31 21st Century Pandemics 01:58 Last Pandemic before COVID-19 02:07 A small message for our viewers SOURCES OF INFORMATION: 1. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti... 2. https://www.dailysabah.com/life/healt... 3. https://www.mphonline.org/worst-pande... 4. https://www.history.com/topics/middle... 5. https://www.labmanager.com/insight/a-... 6. https://www.livescience.com/pandemic.... 7. https://www.newsweek.com/2020/03/27/p... 8. https://www.healthline.com/health/wor... 9. https://www.visualcapitalist.com/hist... 10. https://www.globalsecurity.org/securi... 11. https://cmr.asm.org/content/cmr/10/1/... 12. https://www.pnas.org/content/113/48/E... Music Credits: • Video If you’d like to see more of such content, don’t forget to hit the Subscribe button and the bell icon. Also, we’d like to hear what information would you like to us to illustrate? And most importantly, take good care of yourself and your family ♥