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Fam Med Community Health
; 9(1)2021 01.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1060643
ABSTRACT
We have been here before. In 430 BCE, a plague struck Athens, killing as much as 25% of the population. In 1347 CE, the bubonic plague afflicted western Europe for 4 years, killing as much as 50% of the population. The plague of Athens led to a collapse of their religion, cultural norms and democracy. In contrast, the bubonic plague led eventually to the Renaissance, a growth of art, science and humanism. As we contend with the COVID-19 global pandemic, will we become Athens or Florence?
Subject(s)
COVID-19 , Pandemics/history , Plague , Europe , Greece, Ancient , History, 21st Century , History, Ancient , History, Medieval , Humans , Plague/history , Plague/mortality , SARS-CoV-2
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Am J Med
; 134(1): 3-4, 2021 01.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-713937