When I was a child, my mother had said me, “Sarah, if you don’t cry during your vaccinations, then I will give you some paper dolls.” I wanted the toy so bad that I didn’t cry at all in front of my mother. I received the paper dolls in addition to not becoming a human incubator for viruses at school. These vaccinations done on me were a requirement before a child could attend school. This was to prevent the spreading of illnesses to other children. Hence, practices like these are just some of the many ways in treatment introduced the world to lessen a possibility for a worldwide epidemic as severe as the Black Death. The available access to medical assistance and hygiene, advancement in medicine, and all the information that is …show more content…
Over time, businesses offered medical insurance coverage and provided health provisions like band aids, antiseptics, and bathrooms for hygiene for people who work for them. Can an epidemic happen as severely as the Black Death in the 1300s? With epidemics like the Ebola Virus or the Zika virus active, luckily none have reached the severity of the Black Death. In comparing the number of the population in the world during the 14th and 21st century with estimates of the cases confirmed; I found that Ebola affected the population by .000039% and Zika Virus by .022%. None of these percentages compared to The Black Death’s, which affected about 5.64% of the population. This concludes that chances of a severe epidemic like the Black Death reoccurring are minimal. “Modern sanitation and public-health practices have greatly mitigated the impact of the disease but have not eliminated it” (Black Death). Thanks to the evolution in health, communications, medicine, advancement will protect the human race long into the