John Allen
Author
Publisher
ReferencePoint Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Already contacts between virus-carrying animals and humans are increasing due to loss of habitat, population growth, climate change, and other factors. Global travel means that an outbreak can race around the world within weeks. A sudden outbreak like COVID-19 can overwhelm the richest nations and leave their health systems struggling to catch up. And poorer countries can face health crises that quickly spiral out of control. The variety of possible...
Author
Publisher
ReferencePoint Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"In the United States alone, more than twenty-two million people were infected with Spanish flu and an estimated 675,000 died. Experts believe the virus killed between fifty million and one hundred million people worldwide. The Spanish flu is estimated to have killed about 2.7 percent of the world's population at the time. It laid bare the inadequacies of medical care around the world. It also led to calls for more doctors, nurses, and hospitals,...