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0165 Antonine Plague
Outbreaks, epidemics and pandemics
1346 Black Death
Bubonic plague
Outbreaks, epidemics and pandemics
1582 Outbreak of bubonic plague in Alghero
Bubonic plague
Outbreaks, epidemics and pandemics
1633 Massachusetts smallpox epidemic
Outbreaks, epidemics and pandemics
Smallpox
1665 Great Plague of London
Bubonic plague
London
Outbreaks, epidemics and pandemics
1826 Second cholera pandemic
Cholera
Outbreaks, epidemics and pandemics
1846 Third cholera pandemic
Cholera
Outbreaks, epidemics and pandemics
1863 Fourth cholera pandemic
Cholera
Outbreaks, epidemics and pandemics
1918 Spanish flu pandemic
Influenza (flu)
Influenza A virus subtype H1N1
Outbreaks, epidemics and pandemics
1968 Hong Kong flu
Hong Kong
Outbreaks, epidemics and pandemics
1971 EcoHealth Alliance (EHA)
Outbreaks, epidemics and pandemics
1976-08 Zaire Ebola outbreak
Ebolavirus (Ebola)
Outbreaks, epidemics and pandemics
1977 Russian flu
Influenza A virus subtype H1N1
Laboratory accidents
Outbreaks, epidemics and pandemics
1979-04 Sverdlovsk anthrax leak
Anthrax
Government cover-ups
Laboratory accidents
Outbreaks, epidemics and pandemics
Yekaterinburg
2002 SARS outbreak
Outbreaks, epidemics and pandemics
Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)
2009 Swine flu pandemic
Outbreaks, epidemics and pandemics
2013 H7N9 flu outbreak
Influenza viruses
Outbreaks, epidemics and pandemics
2013 Western African Ebola virus epidemic (2013–2016)
Ebolavirus (Ebola)
Outbreaks, epidemics and pandemics
2017-05 Bas-Uélé ebola outbreak
Ebolavirus (Ebola)
Outbreaks, epidemics and pandemics
2018 Kivu Ebola outbreak (2018–present)
Ebolavirus (Ebola)
Outbreaks, epidemics and pandemics
2018-04 Équateur province Ebola outbreak
Ebolavirus (Ebola)
Outbreaks, epidemics and pandemics
2019 Covid-19 pandemic, originating in Wuhan, China
Covid-19
Outbreaks, epidemics and pandemics
2020-07 H1N1 swine flu outbreak in China
G4 EA H1N1 virus
Outbreaks, epidemics and pandemics
2020-07 Salmonella Newport outbreak in North America
Outbreaks, epidemics and pandemics
Salmonella Newport
2021-02 Congo Ebola outbreak
Congo
Ebolavirus (Ebola)
Outbreaks, epidemics and pandemics
2022-05 Monkeypox outbreak
Monkeypox
Outbreaks, epidemics and pandemics
2022-10 Ebola outbreak in Uganda
Ebolavirus (Ebola)
Outbreaks, epidemics and pandemics
Uganda
2022-10 Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) outbreak
Outbreaks, epidemics and pandemics
2023 H5N1 bird flu outbreak
H5N1
Outbreaks, epidemics and pandemics
2023-07 Candida auris outbreak
Multi-drug resistant Candida auris
Outbreaks, epidemics and pandemics
2024-08 Mpox outbreak in Africa
Outbreaks, epidemics and pandemics
1957–1958 influenza pandemic - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1957%E2%80%931958_influenza_pandemic
Influenza (flu)
Outbreaks, epidemics and pandemics
2007 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth outbreak - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_United_Kingdom_foot-and-mouth_outbreak
Laboratory accidents
Outbreaks, epidemics and pandemics
A Coronavirus Epidemic Hit 20,000 Years Ago, New Study Finds - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/24/science/ancient-coronavirus-epidemic.html
Coronaviruses (CoV)
Hunter-gatherers
Outbreaks, epidemics and pandemics
Coronavirus: This is not the last pandemic - BBC News
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-52775386
Outbreaks, epidemics and pandemics
Cost of preventing next pandemic 'equal to just 2% of Covid-19 economic damage' | World news | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/23/preventing-next-pandemic-fraction-cost-covid-19-economic-fallout
Outbreaks, epidemics and pandemics
H1N1 cases in health workers show need for protection | CIDRAP
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2009/06/h1n1-cases-health-workers-show-need-protection
Outbreaks, epidemics and pandemics
History of Quarantine | Quarantine | CDC
https://www.cdc.gov/quarantine/historyquarantine.html
Outbreaks, epidemics and pandemics
Venice
How Close Is Humanity to the Edge? | The New Yorker
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/annals-of-inquiry/how-close-is-humanity-to-the-edge
2019 Covid-19 pandemic, originating in Wuhan, China
Extinction events
Outbreaks, epidemics and pandemics
Toby Ord
How Data Became One of the Most Powerful Tools to Fight an Epidemic - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/06/10/magazine/covid-data.html
1826 Second cholera pandemic
1863 Fourth cholera pandemic
1918 Spanish flu pandemic
2019 Covid-19 pandemic, originating in Wuhan, China
Articles in the New York Times
Cholera
Epidemiology
Google Flu Trends
John Snow
London
Outbreaks, epidemics and pandemics
The zoonotic-spillover theory of the origin of SARS-CoV-2
Visualizations and visualizing concepts
William Farr
Zoonotic diseases
I do not know the full story, only that flu 1977 was a leak of some sort. Leaks happened at least 4-6 times with SARS1. An accidental leak at WIV, where many coronaviruses were studied in P2 or P3 conditions, is more likely than a natural origin for which no evidence was found.
https://twitter.com/angoffinet/status/1403996542793654275
2002 SARS outbreak
Laboratory accidents
Outbreaks, epidemics and pandemics
Modern East Asian DNA hints at an ancient coronavirus outbreak | Science News
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ancient-coronavirus-epidemic-east-asia-dna-covid
Outbreaks, epidemics and pandemics
The 432-year-old manual on social distancing - BBC Future
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210107-the-432-year-old-manual-on-social-distancing
1346 Black Death
1582 Outbreak of bubonic plague in Alghero
Outbreaks, epidemics and pandemics
The Deadliest Virus Ever Known | The New Yorker
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1997/09/29/the-dead-zone
1918 Spanish flu pandemic
Articles in the New Yorker
Outbreaks, epidemics and pandemics
The Rabbit Outbreak | The New Yorker
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/07/06/the-rabbit-outbreak
Articles in the New Yorker
Hares and rabbits
Outbreaks, epidemics and pandemics
The story of the first MERS patient - Features - Nature Middle East
https://www.natureasia.com/en/nmiddleeast/article/10.1038/nmiddleeast.2014.134
Outbreaks, epidemics and pandemics
To prevent the next pandemic, we might need to cut down fewer trees | Science News
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/coronavirus-covid-19-pandemic-prevention-deforestation-trees
Outbreaks, epidemics and pandemics
W.H.O. Official Says Covid Pandemic Is 'Not Necessarily the Big One' - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/29/world/who-covid-pandemic-big.html
2019 Covid-19 pandemic, originating in Wuhan, China
Outbreaks, epidemics and pandemics
What Our Contagion Fables Are Really About | The New Yorker
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/03/30/what-our-contagion-fables-are-really-about
Outbreaks, epidemics and pandemics
Zika Virus, a Mosquito-Borne Infection, May Threaten Brazil’s Newborns - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/29/health/zika-virus-brazil-mosquito-brain-damage.html
Outbreaks, epidemics and pandemics