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Hello
everyone and welcome to gross Tuesday this weeks facts are about
deadly diseases but first this morning I had to get Tasha to drive
Leo to school this annoyed Leo as he doesn't like anyone else to
drive him to school. I went to my parents place to go with mum to
her physio appointment but mum had the appointment time wrong she
told me it was 9am but it turned out to be 10.30am. Mum had to cancel
as there was no one able to stay with dad at that time and he can't
be left alone as he has a high risk of falling.
Now for
the facts..........
The
Black Death killed more than 25 million people across Europe, which
was 1/3rd of the population at the time
More
than 220 million people around the world suffer from malaria each
year
There
can be as many as 5 billion viruses in one drop of blood
The
plague germ was spread by rat fleas, it was called Yersinia pestis
On
average one person catches tuberculosis every 3.6 seconds
Smallpox
killed 30% of the people who caught it
The human body is amazing.
ReplyDeleteAmazing we are to ward off so many evil diseases, though some have disappeared all together as in smallpox in more recent times.
ReplyDeleteThe flu kills a lot of people around the world these day too. Nowhere near what small pox did but too many.
ReplyDeleteI'm going to have to see what the Black Death is. I recall reading about it but a long time ago. The rest I know. That 5 BILLION viruses is mind bending!
ReplyDeleteI knew about the rest but not that tuberculosis is still so prevalent! I did a report in school on the black death and the great fires of London. I tend to watch science shows. ;)
ReplyDeleteI've done a lot of reading on the Black Plague history. Scares me that it is still around, just waiting for society to slip up...
ReplyDeleteMalaria and TB remain scourges from which we can't seem to free ourselves.
ReplyDeleteLove,
Janie
Here in this country we're dealing with a new disease that is killing children that is similar in symptoms to polio. Terrifying.
ReplyDeleteChatty......That it is
ReplyDeleteMargaret....So true
Rick........Oh yeah still far too many die from such diseases
Katie.......The Black Death or Plague was a horrible time
Rita........I thought TB was a thing of the past
Chris........Scares me too it was so horrible
Janie........I know I thought TB was done and dusted
Karen........There always seem to be some new disease
My grandson is going to Guatemala - and I do worry about those diseases!
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