A few terrible viruses
A virus is a type of microorganism. Virus is a Latin word meaning "poison". These tiny microorganisms have terrifying killing power. This deadly virus is easily transmitted from one person to another, and because it is new, the human immune system is not working against the virus and it is not possible to get immediate medical attention. So when a virus spreads over a large area of the world, infecting and killing an unusual number of people, it becomes epidemic. Learn about some of the scariest viruses that have ever come to earth that have taken on epidemic proportions and killed millions of people.
Novel coronavirus
Coronavirus is not a single virus. It is a large family of several virus species. Deadly viruses like SARS and Mars also belong to this family. Viruses in this family can be transmitted from animal to human and from human to animal. The newest member of this family is the novel corona virus. About 102 years after the Spanish flu of 1918, an outbreak of this unknown new type of deadly "Novel coronavirus" began in early 2020 in the Chinese city of Wuhan. The deadly novel corona virus has already spread around the world. It is unknown at this time what he will do after leaving the post. The virus, which has spread from Wuhan, China, has disrupted normal human life. The death toll is rising worldwide. The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued the highest alert in the world. China has already been able to control the virus. There are no reports of new infections in the country. But in the meanwhile, the western world as well as other Asian countries have started to see its terrible claws. Italy, Spain, Germany, France, the United States, Switzerland and the United Kingdom, Iran and South Korea are among the countries at the top of the list. According to the latest data from July 15, 2021, the number of coronary heart disease patients worldwide is about 189 million and the number of deaths is about 40 million 70 thousand. However, it is expected that the number will increase further and no definite idea has been found yet about its duration.
Spanish flu
Nearly 98 years after the cholera epidemic of 1820, a devastating epidemic called Spanish Influenza was raging around the world in late 1918. The most deadly flu in the world so far is known as the Spanish flu. The cause of the Spanish flu was the "H1N1" virus. Its name is Spanish flu but its origin was originally from America. The flu was first reported on March 4, 1918, among members of the U.S. Army in Kansas. The reason behind the naming of the Spanish flu is that the Spanish media was covering the news of this flu freely. When the Spanish flu became an epidemic, the media in various countries banned the news, but the Spanish media also spread the word about the flu. So the epidemic became known as "Spanish flu" although its effects were felt throughout Europe and North America. The virus began to spread worldwide in 1918 and over the next two years infected 40 percent of the world's population. More than 50 million people died, more than the number killed in World War I. The situation was so dire that the corpses had to be loaded onto trolleys, the corner church or priest could not be found for burial, and it was difficult to find people to dig graves. Experts believe that it is not impossible for a new flu pandemic to spread like in 1918. Because even though influenza is not so severe now, about 5 lakh people die due to influenza every year worldwide.
Cholera
Cholera returned in terrible form in 1820, exactly 100 years after the plague of 1720. It lasted from 1817 to 1824, but reached its peak in 1820. This epidemic, known as "Asiatic cholera", began among the British troops in Calcutta. Later it spread to about half the world. There were five outbreaks of cholera in India between 1817 and 1881. Cholera had the highest mortality rate among the financially weaker sections. Europeans living in India were not affected in that way. The disease originated from floods. Thousands died of cholera after a catastrophic flood. It is not clear how many millions died in the epidemic. According to historians, thousands of infected people died within a short period of time. The number of deaths per day has risen to alarming levels. Various estimates put the death toll from cholera in China, Russia and India at least 40 million at the time.
The Plague of Marseille
According to history, in the seventeenth century, 200 million people worldwide died of plague alone. The first major bubonic plague infection occurred in 1347. The plague lasted for centuries in Europe, the worst of which was the epidemic of "The Plague of Marseille" in France in 1720. The plague killed 50,000 people in the city of Marseille alone and 1 million people across the Vulcan and France. The birth rate in France dropped for about 45 years due to the plague. Outbreaks appear to be exacerbated during this time in India. Never before in the history of the world have so many people died of a single disease. This is why the historical name of this death was "The Black Death". At this time the situation was so bad that one mass grave after another was dug to bury the dead. The epidemic caused widespread religious, social, and economic catastrophe in European history. Historians estimate that an average of 30,000 to 40,000 people would die each day worldwide in the final stages of the epidemic! This plague broke the social structure of Europe. These bacteria are thought to be spread by infected flies or rats.
History has shown that this terrible virus repeats itself every 100 years. Only time will tell if this is just a coincidence or something else.