The fourth horseman: Disease as a unique and multi-faceted agent of Apocalypse
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SummaryAlthough there exist many manifestations of apocalypse in our society, an extensive study of the subject of apocalypse will demonstrate the presence of an inherent trait that runs constant within nearly all forms of apocalypse; despite the fact that the prospect of a destructive apocalypse is undeniably frightening, most forms of apocalypses are simultaneously reassuring in that they offer an aspect of control that allows for humans to alter their own fate through a change in behavior, thusly halting an apocalypse. Perhaps it is for this reason that the prospect of an apocalyptic plague or disease stands alone as a unique and terrifying agent of apocalypse; disease has existed throughout history as an omnipresent form of apocalypse because naturally occurring disease is not onset by the action of man himself, and thusly offers no opportunity for human control or preclusion. Because man does not have any hand in triggering an apocalyptic disease, he similarly has nearly no possible means of preventing or eradicating one.
Table of Contents
- Introduction.
- Bacteria and disease - omnipresent agents.
- How malaria has undermined human history.
- Black Death.
- Nuclear apocalypse.
- Silent Spring by Rachel Carson.
- Man's control over the prospect of infectious disease as an agent of apocalypse.
- The powers of infectious viruses - distinctly limited.
- Conclusion.
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