A Project for HIST 1000 in 2020-2022
 
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Are Measures Such as Social Distancing and Wearing Masks Helpful?

On January 20, 2020 the United States was introduced to an ongoing global pandemic which we know as COVID-19. After the first case in the United States was reported, the virus started to spread rapidly throughout the population. By March 2020 the entire country shut down as a defense tactic …

Plagues: The Black Death, The Great Plague of London, and COVID 19

Introduction The plague; according to the World Health Organization (WHO) as “an infectious disease caused by Yersinia pestis bacteria, usually found in small mammals and their fleas.” The WHO stated that the disease can be transmitted between animals and humans via fleas. Plagues can be found on all continents except Oceania. There …

How do Health Epidemics Influence Behavior Towards Minorities?

Minorities have always been a subject of stereotypical discrimination, which stems from discrepancies between race, religion, economic class, and sexual orientation. Whether its the influenza pandemic of 1918, or COVID-19 over a century later who you are continues to determine how the public views your affected group, and how you …