Show Notes: Episode 12
https://www.realworldsurvivor.com/2018/03/16/top-10-epidemics/
"This is responsible for over 212 million cases of illness in 2015 that resulted in 429,000 deaths. Severe Malaria symptoms are complicated by serious organ failure, impairment of consciousness, seizures, coma, and death if left untreated."
https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2017/p1213-flu-death-estimate.html
"According to new estimates published today, between 291,000 and 646,000 people worldwide die from seasonal influenza-related respiratory illnesses each year, higher than a previous estimate of 250,000 to 500,000 and based on a robust, multinational survey."
"people living in sub-Saharan African countries experienced the highest rates of flu-associated respiratory deaths. Eastern Mediterranean and Southeast Asian countries had slightly lower but still high rates of flu-associated respiratory deaths."
https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-10-worst-epidemics-in-history.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plague_of_Justinian
https://www.history.com/topics/1918-flu-pandemic
"The Spanish flu pandemic of 1918, the deadliest in history, infected an estimated 500 million people worldwide—about one-third of the planet’s population—and killed an estimated 20 million to 50 million victims, including some 675,000 Americans. The 1918 flu was first observed in Europe, the United States and parts of Asia before swiftly spreading around the world."
"3,000 to 49,000 flu-related U.S. deaths annually"
"Victims died within hours or days of developing symptoms, their skin turning blue and their lungs filling with fluid that caused them to suffocate. In just one year, 1918, the average life expectancy in America plummeted by a dozen years."
"It’s unknown exactly where the particular strain of influenza that caused the pandemic came from; however, the 1918 flu was first observed in Europe, America and areas of Asia before spreading to almost every other part of the planet within a matter of months."
"In fact, more U.S. soldiers died from the 1918 flu than were killed in battle during the war."
https://www.cdc.gov/plague/history/index.html
"spread by infectious flea bites"
https://www.cdc.gov/healthywater/global/diarrhea-burden.html
"Diarrhea kills 2,195 children every day—more than AIDS, malaria, and measles combined"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_American_disease_and_epidemics
"Before his arrival, the Mexican population is estimated to have been around 25 to 30 million. Fifty years later, the Mexican population was reduced to 3 million, mainly by infectious disease."