This is a look at how infectious diseases have changed the course of human history. It is admittedly a bit Euro- or Western-centric since that is what I know best. But I think the point of its importance applies more broadly.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plague_of_Athens

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonine_Plague

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plague_of_Cyprian

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crisis_of_the_Third_Century

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plague_of_Justinian

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Death

https://www.amazon.com/1491-Revelations-Americas-Before-Columbus/dp/1400032059

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/0

https://www.pri.org/stories/2019-01-31/european-colonization-americas-killed-10-percent-world-population-and-caused

https://www.amazon.com/Guns-Germs-Steel-Fates-Societies/dp/0393317552

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/mass-deaths-in-americas-start-new-co2-epoch/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocoliztli_epidemics

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_flu

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cytokine_storm

http://dc.gov/measles/downloads/MeaslesDataAndStatsSlideSet.pdf

https://www.palain.com/health-topics/pandemics-in-history/