Many people associate the beginning of the 20th century with World War I, an unprecedented time where American men were sent to fight by the hundreds of thousands on shores abroad, and new scientific developments were made in the name of warfare. However, very few are aware of the reason …
As of April 2022, global cases of Covid-19 have exceeded 508 million and 6 million deaths. Tracking positive cases and hot spots is extremely important in the face of pandemics. This enables the government and citizens to make informed decisions in light of the events. This emphasis on case tracking …
It’s been over a year since the coronavirus pandemic began. Many lives have been taken by the disease, and there remains another cost seldom considered: the economic cost of the pandemic. This article explores the historical precedence for the lockdowns and measures that have thrown our economy asunder.
From 1348 to 1351, Jewish Communities were blamed for their “accused” role in spreading the Black Death across Europe, resulting in the persecution and burning of thousands (Cohn, Jr., 4). The Chinese Community faced mass persecution during an outbreak of the Bubonic plague in San Francisco during the early 20th …
Shortly after the AIDS crisis exploded in the U.S. in the 1980’s, experts were hard at work to develop a cure. The treatments that were created were effective, but more than that they were expensive, in the mid-nineties going for “$10,000 to $15,000 a year and needed to be taken for life,” (McMillen 113). Most Americans would be unable to foot that bill year over year, let alone a grand majority of the African population, where HIV/AIDS proves more prevalent. Eventually, the costs of drugs and treatments would be brought down to appropriate levels, and generic alternatives would arise, but not without widespread protest and activism. Even still, these generic brands would continue to be too expensive for poorer nations:
“It’s pretty clear that what (the rise in cases) we’re seeing is directly tied to the end of the stay-at-home order” (Stobbe). Over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, individual states have set public health policy for themselves, but it has not always been that way. …
It has been a little over a year since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic, which has wreaked havoc on our lives ever since. From how we work, vote in elections, and even see family and friends, our daily lives have adapted to these new circumstances. However, …
“…masks became a scapegoat, a symbol of government overreach, inspiring protests, petitions and defiant bare-face gatherings. All the while, thousands of Americans were dying in a deadly pandemic” (Hauser, 1). This quote, although written seemingly in reference to the Covid-19 pandemic, is actually taken from an article about the Spanish Influenza of 1918. Mask …
During difficult times, people become desperate, and are willing to do whatever it takes to survive. An example of this happening is the hoarding and price gouging of essential items at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic. This is hardly the first time this has happened, and there are reasons …
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, many theories have appeared, relating to topics like bioweapons, microchipping, and political corruption. One theory that has yet to be entirely shut down is the theory that covid-19 was actually a bioweapon created in China that accidentally leaked. Even the World Health Organization has been unable …
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