humanity has been hit by different pandemics throughout its history.

The Black Death,

which originated in Asia, reached Europe in 1347 and became one of the deadliest
outbreaks in human history. It was caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, which
affected rats and the rats had fleas that They ended up infecting humans, it was
transmitted from animals to humans, its incubation time was 16 and 23 days, then the
symptoms came, mainly fever and large lumps, it used to kill the patient in 3 to 5 days.
Its spread was rapid due to the flow of food of the silk route from Asia to Europe, the
first place affected was the city of Caffa and when the epidemic broke out there they
flowed in their boats with rats causing practically all of Europe to become infected very
few areas were freed from the disease The deceased were buried in pits in which they
were lined up and wrapped in linen shrouds, pouring large amounts of quicklime
dissolved in water. This sealed the tomb and reduced the spread of the disease. In
addition, the bedding and clothing of the infected were finally chopped and burned,
and in the Middle Ages there was no specific cure, the most effective methods to
combat it were phytosanitary measures such as quicklime, fire and better sanitation.
Until on January 10, 1897, Waldemar Haffkine inoculated himself with the vaccine
against the plague that he had been working on non-stop since he arrived in Bombay
just three months before. The black plague did not distinguish between social classes
and sex did not affect everyone equally, but Europe was the most affected area since it
lost between 30% and 40% of Europeans along with Asia and other highly commercial
areas. Around 75 to 200 million people died in the world.
Consequently, there was a change in the feudal system with which the average society
was organized due to the lack of manpower, the people from the fields that survived
expanded their crops because there were extensive empty fields and thus increased
their social level, there were also changes in science and way of thinking as well as in
art . Society has always gone through epidemics and pandemics, but I always overcome
them. I think that this is the lesson we could learn, as well as always maintaining
hygiene to avoid contagion and spread.