Diseases shape history just as much, if not more, than wars and world leaders. FMTNews Covid19 MCO
I was at the Giant hypermarket in Puchong on Monday, two days before the movement control order , which aims to contain the spread of the Covid-19 virus, came into force.Hundreds of people were panic buying, each piling up all kinds of items in their often overflowing shopping trolleys. It wasn’t a pretty sight.
Throughout human history, we’ve seen many infectious diseases ravage us, crippling entire continents and toppling empires that seemed invincible. There is an argument to be made for the case that diseases such as that caused by Covid-19 shape history more than presidents, emperors and kings. Infectious diseases became more common as humans evolved from being hunter gatherers to being part of agrarian societies to eventually forming highly industrialised ones. This gradual shift that took thousands of years, packed more and more humans into tighter spaces.
Spread by infected fleas on black rats, it had a fatality rate of a staggering 60-80%. Compare that with the current Covid-19 which has a fatality rate of around 2-4% and you’d immediately feel better.
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