Reblog: 6 Epidemics That Changed History

[potofsoup]

You know one thing I really like about reblogging? It retains the attribution of the person you got the thing from. And, unlike linkspams, it's usually a post of a singular experience.

Which is to say -- I've since lost the linkspam post that I got this from, but:
6 Epidemics That Changed History

As usually when I click on these types of things, I'm wary of (a) Eurocentrism and (b) whatever the heck "changed history" means. But this one's not too bad on either of those fronts!

btw, the 6 are:
1. Malaria Outbreak in the Vatican // 1623
2. New England Smallpox Epidemic // 1721
3. Saint-Domingue Yellow Fever Epidemic // 1802
4. Third Cholera Pandemic // Mid-19th Century
4. Fijian Measles Outbreak // 1875
5. African Rinderpest Outbreak // 1890s
6. U.S. Salmonella Outbreak // 1994

(lol, there's actually 7 but the article mis-counted. Although the cholera epidemic one is kind of a gimme, so ... yah)

Comments

[falena]

When I get a link from another DW user I simply stick their name in the 'notes' field of the Pinboard bookmark (I temporarily save the links I want to post on Pinboard). If there's no attribution it means I got it through one of my RSS feeds.

I'm trying to make up my mind when I want to do the single link reblog and when I want to collect a few links and go for a linkspam, instead. I think I might go with reblogging posts by DW users and sticking off-site links in a linkspam. Not sure yet.

I am trying to do my bit to make DW more active and I think the quick reblogs you're doing are definitely useful.

[potofsoup]

Yeah, I don't use pinboard, so it's mostly a "scroll through my reading page and hope I find the post again". Which is why I prefer single-topic links, since that makes it easier for me to directly reblog using the bookmarklet. For me, I think I'd go with multiple links if it's things in a similar topic, like "3 fun astronomy links" or smth. ::shrug::