Corona virus

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Corona: a tough way to another world !?...... 

The Black Death 

• During the Middle Ages life expectancy was short and there was a high child mortality

• A bubonic plague kwown as the Black Death killed half of the European population.  

• The symptops inculded fever, headaches and the growth of large buboes. 

Life Expectancy

Life expectancy is a statistical measure of the average (see below) time an organism is expected to live, based on the year of its birth, its current age and other demographic factors including gender. 

Child mortality

Child mortality, refers to how many detahs of children under the age of five per 1000 people. 

Bubonic plague

Bubonic plague is one of three types of plague caused by bacterium Yersinia pestis, which is mainly spread by infected fleas from small animals.

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The End of the Middle Ages

The Black Death, a terrible disease that killed ⅓ of the European population in the 14th century, changed the way people looked towards religion and the church.

During the epidemic, people believed the Black Death was a punishment from God for the sins of the people. They turned to the church for help. The church did not have any answers, nor could it stop the disease.

Before the Black Death people had put their faith into the pope, the church and the clergy unquestionably. But afterwards they started to doubt the church. No longer would they accept everything the pope told them as the absolute truth.

 

A New Age was about to start......

List 3 differences between the plague that struck London in 1665 and the coronavirus that is spreading in 2020.

The 1918 Flu pandemic

In 1918 and 1919, a terrible epidemic held the world in its grip. Known as Spanish flu, this extreme form of influenza was most deadly for young adults. Tens of thousands of soldiers fell ill in their trenches.

It all became even worse when the war ended and the soldiers returned home. They started to spread the disease all over the world, which resulted in a total of 500 million people being infected - a fifth of the world’s population!

In the Netherlands, around 30,000 people did not survive the epidemic. Scientists estimate that more than 50 million people died, which is more than all victims of World War I combined, thus making Spanish flu one of the deadliest disasters in human history.

This warehouse was converted to keep the infected people quarantined. The patients are suffering from the 1918 Influenza pandemic. Dated 1918.

part 1 essay; paragraph 'plague'

Throughout history the impacts of pandamics on society have been enormous. The ......for instance caused...... 

Looking at the current situation ........might be the case.

The question is ......

I would guess/imagine/say that…

It’s likely/doubtful/possible/clear that…

paragraph future

most important paragraph: How will Corona shape the future

part 2

add a playlist you created of music that helps you to cope with issues in life, and death

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