Outbreak! : History’s Deadliest Pandemics [infographic]

December 4, 2011 |  by  |  Education, Health

The human species has been battling Nature’s population control  since the caveman days.  Apart from natural disasters, this has been the job of pandemics and diseases throughout history. Below are some of the most notable of these occurrences.

But hey Nature, we’re still here! Killin’ you right back!

Speaking of the human condition, I must say I’m disappointed to see that obesity didn’t even make the honorable mention list! Researchers have even been as bold to say that this fat-splosion is as big a threat as bird flu and global warming.

It’s not nearly as poetic an ending as the Black Death, but we may see the day where it’s taken just as seriously.

Scary? Not as much as the scale of HIV/AIDS at this point in time… If you look at the infographic, you’ll see that it’s as historic a plague as the Black Death, claiming 25 million victims up to this point, with doubtless scores more to follow.

Hold on, there is a ray of hope yet! The US AIDS Chief says the “tipping point” is in sight. Boy, I’d like to think he’s right.

P.S.- Click on the image if it’s too small to read  [via]

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  • O_o

    Julie Tabouli, whoever you are… I might be in love with you and your ways.

    Signed,
    Anonymous

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  • Phred

    Not sure why you would expect “obesity” to make the list.  Note that WAR and MURDER don’t make the list either. Why?  Because it’s a list of pandemics, not “things that kill people”.  It’s also highly flawed in that it’s drawing attention to total (projected) nubers, not the severity of the pandemic.  They have a huge circle for smallpox, but note that the Spanish Influenza killed 1/3 the same number in one year, that smallpox did in 12000.

    That’s only 25,000 a year for smallpox.  Look at AIDS in that chart.  That translates to 833,333 per year. 

  • http://twitter.com/alexgoldmark Alex Goldmark

    The [via] link is broken, goes to right back to this site. 
    Here’s the original: http://columnfivemedia.com/work-items/good-infographic-outbreak-%E2%80%94-deadliest-pandemics-in-history/ (as hunted down by http://twitter.com/brainpicker)