Pretty but inaccurate. Many of the thing list are not a virus. Malaria is a parasite, TB, cholera and typhoid are all caused by bacteria. Could easily be made accurate however by simply classing them all as infections.
Instead of counts, should have graphed the rates of disease instead of a count. That would take into account that population was much smaller at the time of the black death pandemics.
4 Responses to Pandemics
ptera
September 16th, 2011 at 12:56
Pretty but inaccurate. Many of the thing list are not a virus. Malaria is a parasite, TB, cholera and typhoid are all caused by bacteria. Could easily be made accurate however by simply classing them all as infections.
M
September 16th, 2011 at 14:08
Good point about the pathogens being incorrectly referred to as viruses, especially in the right-hand column.
David
September 16th, 2011 at 22:00
Weird to compare the numbers killed by a disease over a 10,000 year period next to one that killed over a two year period.
Joyce
September 17th, 2011 at 09:07
Instead of counts, should have graphed the rates of disease instead of a count. That would take into account that population was much smaller at the time of the black death pandemics.