Archive for the ‘Historical’ Category
Three previous Ebola outbreaks have demonstrated how a response can succeed — or how, in an atmosphere of suspicion, it can go badly wrong.
Tuesday, July 23rd, 2019The Mbandaka outbreak: “The outbreak just before the current one ushered in a new era in the war against Ebola: a new Merck vaccine stopped the outbreak in just three months, after only 33 deaths……”
The West African outbreak: “History’s worst Ebola outbreak was the one that began in West Africa in late 2013 and whose last flare-ups were not snuffed out until early 2016. The outbreak infected over 28,000 people and killed over 11,000……”
The outbreak named ‘Ebola’: “The 1976 outbreak that gave the virus its name also created the air of otherworldly terror that surrounds it. Most of the 318 cases and 280 deaths were in Yambuku, in the north of what was then Zaire…..”
7/22/1916: A Preparedness Day parade held in San Francisco to celebrate United States’ entrance into World War I, is disrupted by the explosion of a suitcase bomb, which kills 10 bystanders and wounds 40 more.
Monday, July 22nd, 20197/20/2019: James Holmes started a mass shooting at a movie theater in Aurora, a Denver suburb, killing 12 and injuring at least 70 others.
Saturday, July 20th, 20197/18/1984: James Oliver Huberty opens fire in a crowded McDonald’s restaurant in San Ysidro, California, killing 21 people and wounding 19 others with several automatic weapons.
Thursday, July 18th, 20197/18/64: The great fire of Rome breaks out and destroys much of the city
Thursday, July 18th, 20197/17/2014: Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over the Ukraine-Russia border killing all 298 on board
Wednesday, July 17th, 20197/17/1996: Out of JFK, a TWA Boeing 747 jetliner (Flight 800) bound for Paris explodes over the Atlantic Ocean, killing all 230 souls aboard.
Wednesday, July 17th, 20197/17/1944: An ammunition ship explodes while being loaded in Port Chicago, California, killing 332 people.
Wednesday, July 17th, 20197/16/1990: More than 1,000 people are killed when a 7.7-magnitude earthquake strikes Luzon Island in the Philippines.
Tuesday, July 16th, 2019https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQeyA8MNEBY