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The Ebola Outbreak and Related Restrictions in the Eastern US, 2014
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M111 Creator: Edward Hock ’21 History, Archaeology, & Italian Studies The proliferation of public health restrictions following the September 30, 2014 Ebola diagnosis of Thomas Duncan, a Liberian citizen visiting the United States, began a week later, on October 7th. The first state to implement stricter quarantine and screening requirements than the…
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Mask Mandates for COVID and Spanish Flu
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M102 Creator: Alexi Bostley ’22 Public Health Politics and presidency play a huge role in Americans’ response to an infectious disease outbreak. This map shows the relationship between each state’s political party affiliation and the presence of a mask mandate for Covid-19, as of August 2020. The Republican states are shown in…
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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…
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Azerbaijan in Belt and Road Initiative
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M028 Creator: Yixuan Gao ’19 Financial Economics Azerbaijan joined the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in December 2015. It is a country that is rich in petroleum and natural gas. The Shah Deniz and Azeri, Chirag, Gunashli (ACG) are the largest natural gas and oil fields within Azerbaijan’s territory. Four major pipelines,…