How three prior pandemics triggered massive societal shifts
- Written by Andrew Latham, Professor of Political Science, Macalester College
A 19th-century engraving depicts the Angel of Death descending on Rome during the Antonine plague.J.G. Levasseur/Wellcome Collection, CC BY
Before March of this year, few probably thought disease could be a significant driver of human history.
Not so anymore. People are beginning to understand that the little changes COVID-19 has already ushered in...