Are we Athens or Florence? COVID-19 in historical context

We have been here before. In 430 BCE, a plague struck Athens, killing as much as 25% of the population. In 1347 CE, the bubonic plague afflicted western Europe for 4 years, killing as much as 50% of the population. The plague of Athens led to a collapse of their religion, cultural norms and democrac...

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Autor principal: Doolittle, Benjamin R
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
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Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2021
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Reflection
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7852073/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33526435
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/fmch-2020-000811
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description We have been here before. In 430 BCE, a plague struck Athens, killing as much as 25% of the population. In 1347 CE, the bubonic plague afflicted western Europe for 4 years, killing as much as 50% of the population. The plague of Athens led to a collapse of their religion, cultural norms and democracy. In contrast, the bubonic plague led eventually to the Renaissance, a growth of art, science and humanism. As we contend with the COVID-19 global pandemic, will we become Athens or Florence?
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spelling pubmed-78520732021-02-02 Are we Athens or Florence? COVID-19 in historical context Doolittle, Benjamin R Fam Med Community Health Reflection We have been here before. In 430 BCE, a plague struck Athens, killing as much as 25% of the population. In 1347 CE, the bubonic plague afflicted western Europe for 4 years, killing as much as 50% of the population. The plague of Athens led to a collapse of their religion, cultural norms and democracy. In contrast, the bubonic plague led eventually to the Renaissance, a growth of art, science and humanism. As we contend with the COVID-19 global pandemic, will we become Athens or Florence? BMJ Publishing Group 2021-02-01 /pmc/articles/PMC7852073/ /pubmed/33526435 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/fmch-2020-000811 Text en © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2021. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited, appropriate credit is given, any changes made indicated, and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.
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