With the rapid spread of COVID-19, people across the globe are feeling anxious and uncertain. It’s important to remember that we’ve been here before. Many times. With less technology and less knowledge about health, medicine, and germs. So, before you rush out and buy more toilet paper, take a look at five of the worst pestilences in human history and how we got over them and changed the world.

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Further Reading

Visualization of the History of Pandemics - https://www.visualcapitalist.com/history-of-pandemics-deadliest/

What Black Women’s Histories Can Teach Us About Pandemics - https://msmagazine.com/2020/04/20/what-black-womens-histories-can-teach-us-about-pandemics/

Henry VIII: His Kingdom for a Son - https://www.immortalperfumes.com/storical/2019/6/1/henry-viii-his-kingdom-for-a-son

Anne Boleyn: The Doomed Queen - https://www.immortalperfumes.com/storical/2019/7/12/anne-boleyn-the-doomed-queen