Category: Seven Global Pandemics and the Recovery*
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Smallpox and the Cold War
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M100 Creator: Yuan Shang ’21 Health, Behavior & Society and Brain & Cognitive Science Smallpox is a fatal contagious disease caused by Variola major/minor viruses and spread through person-to-person contact and saliva droplets in an infected person’s breath. In the 20th Century alone, more than 300 million people died of Smallpox. Only…
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Effect of Government Response on Covid-19 Infections and Deaths in Germany and the United States
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M099 Creator: Gina Romanazzi ’22 Digital Media Studies & Music These two sets of maps show the development of Covid-19 infections and deaths across a timespan of seven months in two countries, the United States and Germany, respectively. For the purpose of direct comparison, numbers of infections and deaths are set in…
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Disease and Economy
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M098 Creator: Muhammed El-Sayed ’22 Electrical and Computer Engineering A pandemic often inspires strong regulatory action in response, and COVID-19 was no different. Yet, as the pandemic spread, it was commonplace for governing bodies to decrease safety precautions as a result of their economic impact. This study aims to analyze the validity…
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Spanish Influenza (1918) in U.S. Prisons
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M097 Creator: Christina Krewson ’21 Health, Behavior & Society and Environmental Studies The spread of COVID-19 among incarcerated populations has been shocking and horrifying: prisons have been labeled as “coronavirus hotbeds” since spring of 2020, but despite more stringent protocols, COVID-19 rates are still high in prisons. This map demonstrates the high…