Three Bad Moments in History...Pandemics...

The talk of the day, all over the universe, since the start of this 2020 (a catastrophic Leap Year?), has been Corona virus, later changed to Covid~19, but I'd like to remind you of two other pandemics.  There have been all kinds of diseases, sicknesses, atrocities, but I am just sticking--and very briefly so because I am not a medical expert--to three major ones.

1.  The Great Plague or Black Death
2.  The Spanish Flu
3.  Covid~19

The Great Plague (or Black Death), also called pestilence, was the most fatal pandemic  that occurred between 1347 to 1351, causing 75 to 100 million deaths! 

The Spanish Flu pandemic, brought approx. 50 to 100 million deaths, occurring beween 1918 and 1919.

Covid~19, a pandemic of our days (2020), brought on (and still is at my time of writing), more than 232.570 deaths, for the exact record, starting from December 31, 2019, through May 1 (Friday), 2020...and is still ongoing...(always at my time of writing).

In a way, we, in our current times, are a bit luckier, because of more modern ways of healing, health equipment, hospitals, etc., etc...

As I have been saying throughout these dire times, please stay safe everyone!  this will be overcome, hopefully...with my heart going out to all the people who have lost so much of their lives, and their loved ones...  Only time will heal, and not 100 percent!

additional note:  I started writing this more than a month ago, and have finally finished short review now (May 1, 2020/Friday)


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

Obviously, the track I have chosen, is the misty, haunting and mesmerizing at the same time, *Only Time*, by Enya, which I have used for so many moments... 🌠

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