Talk:Pandemic
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Issues, and one real problem:
- If the "Antonine plague" was smallpox, it was less virulent than in more recent times.
- Identification of black plague with bubonic plague has been questioned.
- The list of cholera epidemics jumps from fourth to sixth. Vicki Rosenzweig
- Well, I hate to bring it up, but the causal agent of all non-modern plagues, historic and prehistoric, is always subject to question. Opinions on these things run in fashions -- like drapery fabrics. The popular one these days is anthrax -- here, there, and everywhere. These mysteries will never be "solved" absolutely, but keep in mind that the immunity of the population and the bio ID of the disease strain has a significant impact in each occurance. When a disease is new to a population (i.e. the America's) the impact can be horrific. But later on, ....... For what it's worth, I think the Antonine Plague (above) was measles, and the Plague of Cyprian a couple of generations later was smallpox. But that is just my opinion and historians vary. Sorry to run off at the mouth, but it is strange and unreasonable for modern people to expect absolute truth about historic occurances (even in Wiki). Comments welcome. WBardwin 02:53, 27 May 2005 (UTC)
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History of medicine?
I'm taking this out of history of medicine category (it doesn't seem to fit very well there, for what the content is) but sticking the list of historical epidemics there (effectively in its place). Just leaving this note so there's a place for people to get all outraged about the switchabout if they want. --Viki 21:18, 14 Sep 2004 (UTC)
Quoted
To see this quoted and updated, see http://www2.townonline.com/hudson/opinion/view.bg?articleid=112611 13:24, 4 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Plague/History/Social Impact
Some of us on the history side of Wiki have been putting together articles on historic plagues. Recently, discussion has turned to organizing this material for better retrieval by our readers. We have created one new disambig. page and may consider something like a master article, categories, and list organizations. Articles like this one would be referenced and perhaps involved in the shuffle. If you would like to comment on this type of thing, I will check back here periodically or you might comment on the talk page of a (perhaps temporary) article simply called Plague. Thank you. WBardwin 02:45, 27 May 2005 (UTC)
Article on Avian Infuenza
- "In June 2005, there's work on this wiki regarding preparation for an avian influenza pandemic. It is the first time a pandemic can be foreseen, maybe averted, maybe mitigated. The reader is urged to go to that page and maybe do some work there."
Moved Lugon's contribution from article page for consideration by contributors. WBardwin 16:20, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)