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With recent press report drawing parallels between Bird Flu and a killer epidemic in the past,Jim Smith looks through the history of epidemics for clues about what the future might hold.
Since Bird Flu first appeared in 1997,it has taken more than a hundred lives.Many people fear it could be the next global epidemic,especially as scientists who studied tissue from the bodies of people who died of the same virus.
Bacteria and viruses have been around since the beginning of life on Earth and many of today's diseases have existed as long as humans have.It is important to look at the spread of diseases throughout history to discover the causes and effects of epidemics ,and hopefully foresee and prevent them in the future.
Scientists now guess that up 50% of the area's population died from this epidemic making it one of the main causes of the fall of the Roman Empire.
In urban areas all over Europe,Asia,Africa and the Middle East,up to one half of the population was lost to the Black Death.
Another epidemic that spread in similar conditions was the Great Flu Epidemic of 1918,also called the Spanish Flu.It struck near the end of the First World War and left families mourning worldwide.
The SARS epidemic began in 2002 with a lung disease in Guangdong Province and spread quickly after Dr Liu Jianjun,the carrier,came to Hong Kong the passed the virus to people who carried it to Canada,Vietnam and Singapore.
No one really knew much about SARS as it was completely new.This meant that there were no prescription drugs or tablets to treat it and doctors were not sure how to prevent it either.Since most people had no natural defences against the disease,it was also harmful to the doctors and nurses treating SARS patients.
Meanwhile,governments worldwide have also underlined the fact that thorough and systematic medical research on Bird Flu needs to lead to a cure as soon as possible.Coumtries will need to work together to do this as the SARS epidemic proved how teamwork among nations can save lives.With all the international effort being made,we have to have faith that there will be solutions in time to stop a Bird Flu epidemic in its tracks.
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