Read/Skim: Anticipating
the Next Pandemic; Ebola
Outbreak in Larger Context; What
You Need to Know about Ebola; Epidemic
‘Out of Control’; Outbreak
Public Health Emergency
Answer:
Compare and contrast the Black Plague and the current Ebola outbreak in Africa. How is each epidemic spread? Are their symptoms similar or different? What are the effects on the institutions of authority (the Church, the government, etc.)?
What can we learn from the experiences of people during the Black Death and how can we apply those lessons to our modern problems with infectious disease?
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