Hey Friends,
Covid19 (SARSCoV2) is the most recent pandemic which is affecting each and everyone worldwide. But pandemics have always appeared in human history. Here, I provide an overview of all major pandemics. How many people did they kill? Which pathogens have caused the outbreaks? Viruses or bacteria? All facts about the most infamous infectious diseases is presented in this video.

Note: The death toll is estimated and based on the publications/sources listed here!

Most content is based on these sources:
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10....
https://mail.jpma.org.pk/PdfDownloads...

References:
1: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/a...
2: https://europepmc.org/article/med/200...
3: https://www.pnas.org/content/116/51/2...
4: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10....
5: https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc...
6: https://jmvh.org/article/thehistory...
https://science.sciencemag.org/conten...
7: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...
8: https://www.unaids.org/en/resources/f...
9: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/la...
10: https://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/history...
11: https://covid19.who.int


Stay safe!

Best
Henrik



Time Codes:
0:00 What is a Pandemic?
1:12 Athenian Plague
1:44 Antonie Plague
2:05 Justinian Plague
2:33 Black Death
2:59 Cholera Pandemics
3:29 Third Plague
3:47 Spanish Flu (1918)
4:22 AIDS/HIV
5:13 Swine Flu
5:38 Ebola
5:55 Covid19
6:58 Globalisation



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