In the Middle Ages it sometimes killed thousands of
people during epidemics when ergot - infected rye bread was more common.
Some focused on the power of social media to reach broad swaths of
people during an epidemic, relating its perks — messages can be disseminated quickly and concisely and are easily and widely shared — and its pitfalls — social media can foster rumors, and its reach doesn't include everyone.
Not exact matches
During the early weeks and months of 2016, the
epidemic was claiming so many lives that county officials projected more than 500
people would die that year.
«This means
people infected
during this current
epidemic will likely not be susceptible again.
At first, it would have spread slowly, only reaching an
epidemic pace when
people moved to the cities — or even, Myers suggests, through shared needles
during mass vaccinations in the 1960s.
Around 1.2 million
people are estimated to be infected so far
during an
epidemic in America.
Five million
people are newly infected with AIDS
during 2003, the greatest number in one year since the
epidemic began.
During the smallpox
epidemic of 1837 to 1838 along the Upper Missouri River, for example, some Blackfoot bands suffered heavy losses, while neighboring Gros Ventre
people escaped nearly unscathed.
During an
epidemic, you could test
people before they get on a plane.
Nomads migrating into Europe
during the Stone Age may have brought the plague, setting the stage for
epidemics like the Black Death, which killed at least 25 million
people.
During the flu
epidemic in Panama in 1995, Elderberry juice was used to treat
people with the flu virus.
Similarly, David Mackenzie's more engaging Perfect Sense (2011) takes place
during an unexplained
epidemic where
people are losing not just their sight but all their senses, one by one.
According to the Hydrology Department of Henan Province, in the province, approximately 26,000
people died from flooding and another 145,000 died
during subsequent
epidemics and famine.
«The authors analyzed malaria statistics that were collected in Finland from 1750 to 2008 via correlation analyses between malaria frequency per million
people and all variables that have been used in similar studies throughout other parts of Europe,» including temperature data, animal husbandry, consolidation of land by redistribution and household size... report that «malaria was a common endemic disease in Finland in the 18th and 19th centuries and prevalent in the whole country,» and they say that «mortality
during malaria
epidemics usually varied between 0.85 and 3 %.»
The number of
people who are not 100 % there
during a meeting has become
epidemic — and is a major pet peeve of mine!