The Plague Strikes Again Case Study

The Plague, or Black Death, is transmitted through rodents and their fleas and was a lethal blow to most of Europe, but Ms. Plescher says her battle against the Black Death was probably caused by a flea bite on her trip to Colorado. The trip, consisting of five days with her husband in Salida, CO, was made up mostly of time spent at music festivals or on hikes, though they did not visit any shelters or campsites. Within a day of returning to Michigan, she came down with a fever of 103F (about 40C),

The American Plague was written by Molly C. Crosby, who is as much as a researcher as she is an author. In 1648, a slave ship returning from Africa carried a few mosquitoes infected with a deadly virus know as yellow fever. The ship landed in the New World and thrived in the hot wet climate and on the white settlers. The New World has never come in contact with yellow fever and as a result no immunities have been built up. The virus obtained its name from the way it turns the victim’s skin and eyes a golden yellow. Victims also suffer from very high fevers, external and internal bleeding, and blackish vomit. In America yellow fever killed thousands of peoples, halted trade, and disrupted the government. Although many

The state agency noted that he or she contracted the bacteria in Colorado and stayed in an area that with reported plague activity. Colorado has been hit hard by the plague, an adult and teenager have lost their lives due to this disease in Colorado. The plague is still around today even in highly developed countries,

When the plague was consuming most of the European population, priests, monks, and nuns cared for any who had the plague. They also took the responsibility to bury the dead. This caused the population of the clergy to suffer, showing that all of society was affected by the plague, whether it was caring for others, or suffering themselves. The economy was also affected. Before the plague started to spread, most of Europe was experiencing the affect of overpopulation. With overpopulation came the need for food, land, and anything else needed for survival. When the plague hit Europe, the population naturally decreased meaning labor did as well. This caused the price of most all foods went up, yet also caused wages to go up as well, bringing in

The passage suggest that a possible cause of the plague was a form of punishment from the Gods for their “iniquities”/immoral behavior (companion pg 249). Also, trade was such a popular way of getting goods around the country during this time. So, the disease was able to spread so fast because so many people came from different places to trade with one another. Therefore, once in contact with the disease and brought back to their country, that's how the disease was probably able to get to such a large area and able to spread quickly.

It was in the 14th century that a catastrophic and deadly Plague hit Europe. The Black Plague killed up to a 3rd of Europe’s population. This lead to medieval science changing dramatically as people began to question how much authority the church should be given, and began to turn to science for logical answers. The plague also contributed to the Peasants anger that evolved into the Peasants Revolt, and ultimately, the breakdown of the feudal system.

In the CNN article, “Bubonic plague reported in Michigan,” author Greg Botelho tells about how their is another case of the plague. This case has been the only reported case that wasn’t in the west. All other cases had been in the western states, particularly in Colorado, where the most of the recent outbreaks have been. Though, the person in Michigan probably didn’t catch the disease in Michigan, because they had just gotten back from a trip to Colorado. But, it is not for certain that this is the case.

The black death is believed to have began in central Asia in the mid-thirteen hundreds, and killed millions. After it spread across Asia it was then carried down the Silk Road reaching Crimea by 1343. Scientists believe that the plague was carried by fleas on rodents, such as rats, being normal passengers traveling on merchant ships across the Mediterranean. The fleas were believed to have bacteria called Yersinia pestis, which is commonly present in the flea population on ground rodents in certain areas such as Central Asia, Kurdistan, Western Asia, Northern India, and Uganda. Scientists believe that all three outbreaks of the epidemic began in China. The disease was devastating to the economy of Europe and Asia, making it hard for people to find employees, and forcing them to pay higher wages. The plague was supposedly

Many people played an important role in the fight and the successes achieved by TAG. In the documentary “How to Survive a Plague” shows about the different strategies that each activist took to reach their goals, to end the stigma and acquire they right against HIV/AIDS. One activist that I really admire is Peter Staley. Staley led the ACT UP’s organization campaign to force “Burroughs Wellcome,” to lower the price of AZT drugs since it was the most expensive drug in history. Moreover, he was one of the most remarkable leaders of ACT UP and over time he becomes one of the TAG founders. I believe Peter Staley was one of the bravest activist ever because him and other three activist took over the Burroughs Wellcome Co., and boycotted on the

The American Plague, Molly Caldwell Crosby’s nonfiction novel, accounts the journey of yellow fever from an African virus to the remarkably deadly epidemic that shaped American history in an often overlooked way. Crosby’s novel aims to give insight to the historical impact of yellow fever in the Americas, especially the United States. The novel guides through the history of the titular “American Plague”, yellow fever, in three main parts: its height epidemic in the United States, specifically in Memphis, the Commission to find the cause and vaccine for it, in Cuba, and the effects and presence the epidemic has in the present.

The disease according to Nelson (1995) appeared in three forms (refer to footnote) . “The plague lasted in each area only

This is the very same plague that killed Europe so long ago, and it can be fatal, but it has a good prognosis when recognized and treated with

Towards the end of August 2014, a man in Madagascar was the first person in the area to get the plague. He died a few days later on September third. This caused the outbreak of the plague in Madagascar, and as of November sixteenth, there have been one-hundred-nineteen cases in the country, forty of which were reported bereft of life. Sixteen districts of the seven regions in Madagascar have reported the cases of illnesses, only two-percent of which are in the pneumonic form. The pneumonic type forms in the patient’s lungs, and if not treated for twenty-four hours, will lead to the death of the individual. The bubonic plague, the most common, develops with the swelling of a lymph node. The plague comes from rodents, and the fleas eat off of

The Bubonic Plague and a variation called the septicemic plague was spread throughout Europe by oriental rats that carried infected fleas. Little is known to why the infection never seemed to affect the carrier rats. Infected fleas were being starved by the infection, so they began feasting upon the people they came into contact with. These fleas coming into contact with any human being would infect the human with the disease. These people were now carriers of the Bubonic plague or Black Death. These infected people would then spread the disease by coughing or coming into direct contact with another human being. However, this disease, since not being transmitted via rat would now be called the Pneumonic Plague. (www.insecta-inspecta.com).

Despite being a well travelled man, Kael had not heard much about the plague. Sure, he overheard conversations about it on his travels, but he had no definitive information about what it was. That was until he spent his first night in a tavern for over 5 months. Kael sat alone on a chair at the bar, spending the lost of the coin he earned escorting some merchants to this small town outside of Bronzegate.