Pandemics of the Past - Momoka

I was surprised that at least 50 million people were killed by the Spanish flu and  the Black Death wipe out half of Europe's population. To be honest, I didn't think these were such a serious illness. In terms of cholera, John Snow started looking at the patterns of how cholera was spreading and he noticed that the areas which had high incidence of cholera, all had a similar drinking source, a water pump. I heard it and thought it is essential to investigate the root causes of disease, find out patterns of disease and eradicate it completely. Covid-19 caused damage to a lot of people, but there were some positive effects as well. One of them is the spread of remote working. It also opened up opportunities for people to work from different locations, even from different countries.


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  1. Seiya OkitaSeptember 5, 2024 at 4:08 PM

    I wish we could do remote work everyday when we had a job

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  2. Koko KagawaSeptember 5, 2024 at 4:11 PM

    I agree with that it is scary half of Europe's population died by the Spanish flu and the Black Death.
    And same as you, COVID-19 gave people some positive things for social.

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  3. Tsukino WataseSeptember 5, 2024 at 4:13 PM

    Covid - 19 impacted to us as well .. We experienced big pandemic and could learn from it didn't it

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  4. JimmySeptember 5, 2024 at 4:36 PM

    We should learn from the past and focus on preparing for future.

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  5. AnonymousSeptember 5, 2024 at 4:47 PM

    As you said, investigating the source of diseases is a good way to protect us from them. Yusuke

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