Tag: Boston, Massachusetts (U.S.)*
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Mask Mandates: A History of Rebellion
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M164 Creator: Cameron Issacs ’21 Public Health The influenza pandemic of 1918 was the most-deadly flu outbreak in history; it was caused by an H1N1 virus of avian origin. The virus spread worldwide during 1918-1919 and as seen on the map, it was first identified in the United States in April of 1918…
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AIDS Infection Rates vs. Gay owned Business Shutdowns, and COVID-19 Positive Cases vs. Asian American Owned Business Shutdown Hotspots
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M177 Creator: Kayla Ballas ’24 Public Health The first map displays the infection rates of AIDS per 100,000 people in juxtaposition to areas with high business closure rates. The lightest shade of red represents less than 10 cases per 100,000 people, the next shade of red represents 10-19.9 cases per 100,000 people, the…
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AIDS and COVID-19 Social Uprisings and Protests
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M169 Creator: Debie Aguilar ’22 Public Health This map details the AIDS and COVID-19 pandemic social uprisings that occurred throughout the United States. The blue squares show the cities that were affected by large number of COVID-19 cases and the purple squares depict the cities affected by AIDS cases. To further show the…
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Rise in Hate Crime Reports From 2019 to 2020
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M167 Creator: Ian Ono-Gerow ’21 East Asian Studies The Map shows the increase in the number of reported cases of hate crime in some of the major cities in the United States, comparing the year 2019 which was before the Covid-19 pandemic, and the year 2020, which is after the pandemic has started.…
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Covid cases, possible Spanish Flu and Covid transmission routes and mask mandates in the US
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M117 Creator: Philip Cavallo ’22 History Despite its name, the Spanish Flu most likely originated from the United States in Fort Riley Kansas. The government first took notice of the virus at Camp Devens, just outside of Boston. The Flu spread rapidly through the United States army in the first half of…
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Anti-Asian American Physically Violent Hate Crimes During Covid-19 & 3rd Wave of Bubonic Plague
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M116 Creator: Micaela Wallace ’21 German & History As with the Third Wave of the Bubonic Plague 100 years ago, the Covid-19 Pandemic in 2020 resulted in millions of people’s deaths. The United States responded in both pandemics by blaming the Asian-American community. Anti-Asian American physically violent hate crimes rose significantly through…
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Railways and Immigration, 1865-1914
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M090 Creator: John Fowell ’20 Geology As immigrants arrived in the United States looking for a new life, they used the railways to travel west into the American continent. They arrived in East Coast cities, like New York and Boston and headed into the Great Lakes and Midwest to places like Buffalo,…