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Black Death (droplet)
It killed 25 million people. which was a third of the continents population at the time. -
Invention of the Microscope
Invented by Zacharias Janssen, it was created to study bacteria and cells, which wasn't possible beforehand -
smallpox epidemic (airborne)
This affected the Aboriginals in 1789, and killed 50%-70% of the Aboriginal population -
Russian Flu (airborne)
1 million deaths worldwide -
Spanish Flu (droplet & airborne)
50 million deaths, lasted for 2 years -
Influenza A virus
12,000-61,000 deaths -
Influenza Virus (droplet)
500 million deaths, was discovered in 1957 and is still going, there is not too many ways to stop it -
Ebola (droplet)
2016: 11,310 deaths -
Dengue fever
20,000 deaths -
HIV/AIDS
770,000 deaths in 2018, 35-43 million dead since the discovery of AIDS -
Philadelphia Measles outbreak (airborne & droplets)
9 deaths, started in 1990 and ended in 1991 -
Corona Virus (COVID-19) (droplet)
caused by someone eating a bat in Wuhan, China, the epidemic is still ongoing and will continue to do so until everyone works together and quarantines.