On plague and Ebola in a time of COVID-19

The global COVID-19 pandemic recalls the Ebola epidemic of 2014-15 and earlier much more lethal plague epidemics. All share several characteristics, even though the second and third plague epidemics dwarfed the both the 2014-15 Ebola outbreak and COVID-19 in terms of mortality. This essay reviews the mortality due to Ebola and plague and their lethality; the spatial and socioeconomic dimensions of plague mortality; the role of public action in containing the two diseases; and their economic impact.

• Publication year

  2020

• Venue

  Investigaciones de Historia Económica

• Publication date

  2020-12-01

• Fields of study

  Economics, History, Geography, Environmental Science, Medicine

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.33231/j.ihe.2020.10.004
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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