A Pandemic? What's That?

Spanish Flu The Spanish flu is air-borne, meaning that it spread through the air. This flu occured in 1918, killing more people than the first world war. An estimated 50 million people died to this flu.

Asian Flu This flu was responsible for over 1 million deaths globally, but was effectively contained with the discovery of a vaccine.

HIV/AIDS HIV is a virus that attacks and destroys your immune system, causing AIDS which leaves your body fragile to other diseases it would normally fend off. Although it has existed for quite some time, there is yet to be an effective vaccine to cure this, as 35 million people worlwide currently have the HIV virus.

The Earth Is Being Held At Ransom By The Virus

Fiji Measles The Fiji measles pandemic was brought about by the Fijian Royal party as they travelled from Australia to Fiji, some crew members carried the disease. The royalties were received by many people and as a result, the disease was spread very quickly leading to one third of Fiji's population to die.

Russian Flu Spreading very quickly through the European countries, it had brought death to over 360,000 people

Life As We Know It

Living with COVID-19 has impacted many people across the world. Take a moment to think about how COVID-19 has changed your life? In what ways have you had to change how you live?

Now think about it has changed the lives of others... Many people have lost loved ones, many people are unable to earn money. Many people are not allowed to worship in their places of worship becuase of lockdown and other covid safe measurements. That is why it is important we work together to help and uplift each other. We need to work together to adapt and overcome the challenges that are before us to create a safer and happier world.

Where Do We Go From Here?

To make progress as a society, there are a few things we must do. We must show global solidarity and support for the people who are most vulnerable in our societies. We must develop sustainable goals that will help our communities and others to recover from the financial hardships, food and health challenges that have occured from COVID-19. We must ensure our way of living for ourselves and others is better than it has been. That will become the new normal and help us build a better world.

Effects of COVID-19 Across the Globe

The effects of lockdown in communities and countries across the world has, like a jigsaw puzzle, made us disconnected from many people and cultures around us.

Disconnecting The Pieces Of A Puzzle

People across the globe have felt COVID-19 impact their health and wellbeing. Food security, job loss and lack of social support are just some of the other major problems people have to face.

SARS SARS attacks the respiratory system of people. Quaranting had succesfully combated this virus and it hasn't appeared since. This virus however became a trigger for governments across the globe to improve their outbreak responses.

COVID-19 Much like SARS, Covid-19 attacks the respiratory system of people. The virus started in China and quickly spread across the world. School's, communities and countries went into lockdown to help stop the spreading of the virus. Masks, quarantine, and vaccines are being used in defense against this virus.