What is history's deadliest pandemic?

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ธ.ค. 2020
  • The covid-19 pandemic may have derailed the world in 2020, but a far deadlier disease has shaped human history for thousands of years. Malaria defeated armies, fuelled the slave trade and jump-started the modern environmental movement.
    How covid-19 hinders the fight against malaria: econ.st/3gAsfCj
    Why malaria prevention needs to be fine-tuned: econ.st/3oEGhFE
    Mapping humanity’s progress in its fight against malaria: econ.st/3n2lc7M
    Read about the difficulties of quinine farming in war-torn Congo: econ.st/3n2ln2W

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  • @wscottwolf
    @wscottwolf 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    The "Mosquito Effect" makes the "Butterfly Effect" seem like child's play.

  • @beth-bi9yv
    @beth-bi9yv 3 ปีที่แล้ว +120

    This is so interesting. The sound effects of the mosquito in the background has me paranoid and twitchy though.

  • @michelangelomissoni945
    @michelangelomissoni945 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Being a so called “Mozungo” in Uganda during my year abroad there, malaria pills were my daily routine for months. I felt awful that my homestay family’s newborn baby got malaria ... twice!!.. during my time there. When I would offer my pills they would tell me that for them it was like catching the flu, and no to worry. Of course I would lie awake worried. In fact I still worry about them all the time. I hope this wretched epidemic is wiped off the face of the earth. And lil Amos has a long and healthy life.

  • @davidiadeleke
    @davidiadeleke 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Watching this while recovering from malaria 😡🥴

  • @bevanfindlay
    @bevanfindlay 3 ปีที่แล้ว +77

    I spent time in Africa and had malaria twice. While it's treatable and even preventable, it's not at all fun to have.

  • @simonenasty3842
    @simonenasty3842 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    in Italy it was a big problem until the 1930s when Mussolini made various plans to eradicate it, such as clean up swamps, build dams and introduce some species of fish

  • @Humza_3.14
    @Humza_3.14 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    The cost of eradicating malaria is a rounding error of the US defense budget. Gut military spending and fix real problems!

  • @TheArctofireHD
    @TheArctofireHD 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    This was absolutely fascinating. I had absolutely no idea about most of this stuff. Thanks a lot!

  • @imomoh4701
    @imomoh4701 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    I'm surprised they did not mention Sickle cell trait, which is a genetic response to malaria.

  • @jdmmg4904
    @jdmmg4904 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I hope so much the world will put enough effort in the research to end this issue. My best friend's sister passed away because of it. She was 30:(...

  • @rommelzambrano7799
    @rommelzambrano7799 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Thumbs way, way up for this video. very informative and more. I learn a lot. Merry Christmas and happy 2021. Greetings from Cali, Colombia.

  • @FabioTheGreat
    @FabioTheGreat 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    In my country, malaria helped defeat the South Africans apartheid regime in the Kuito Kunavale war.

  • @nicholasschroeder3678
    @nicholasschroeder3678 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    In my travels I avoided malarial countries: I just didn't want to deal.

  • @martinschmid797
    @martinschmid797 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Malaria is not a pandemic, it's an epidemic. The plasmodium is dependent on mosquitos, which can only live in a warm climate. Therefore, the disease is restricted to a certain area, not the whole world (which is the definition of pandemic)

  • @gcsusetyo
    @gcsusetyo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Malaria is horrible! I contracted malaria in West Papua. Most of my Papuan friends are immune--this lady in an organisation I visited said she was having malaria, she said it was like a light flu. She kept working in the office while eating soups. Two weeks later I caught malaria--not a light flu! Debilitating fever, fainted, trouble breathing, bone pains, bitter sweat,

  • @BGOODEful
    @BGOODEful 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I know it is weird. But it would be cool if you credited the songs used. I'd really like to know the second track used.

  • @teeI0ck
    @teeI0ck 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    this video is very helpful. 🧗‍♂️

  • @pickles9440
    @pickles9440 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Everyone should see this. At least it will help us all understand each other.

  • @ekospeeder8144
    @ekospeeder8144 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    While in Papua Indonesia, this disease is still a big issue. Even my friend told me a joke, the proof you've been to Papua is that only after got infected with Malaria.

  • @alparslankorkmaz2964
    @alparslankorkmaz2964 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice video.