cyber day 7 3/26/20

COVID-19 vs. The Plague of Athens

 The Plague:
- an epidemic 
- devastated the city-state of Athens during the second year of the war
- origin was from sub-Saharan Africa
- by the end the plague had killed 1/3 of the population
- most lethal illness in the Classical Greek History
- "Violent heats in the head; redness and inflammation of the eyes; throat and tongue quickly suffused with blood; breath became unnatural and fetid; sneezing and hoarseness; violent cough’ vomiting; retching; violent convulsions; the body externally not so hot to the touch, nor yet pale; a livid color inkling to red; breaking out in pustules and ulcers." Thucydides description of this plague
- died within 7-9 days 
- attempted numerous cures which failed

 COVID-19:
- fever, cough, shortness of breath
- spread from person tp person
- a pandemic
- currently no vaccine 
- is affecting the whole world

these two are different but some similar. they have some symptoms in common but the plague has way worse symptoms. they are both killing thousands. 

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