Spread of Disease Quotes
Influenza, commonly referred to as the “flu”, is a deadly killer. Annual vaccinations are required to prevent getting the Flu, but even today, many people, even in America, do not get their annual vaccine. Each year, 40 Thousand American die of the Flu, even into the 21st century.
Botswana is one of the few African national successes at that time. It is the world’s largest diamond exporter and unlike many other nations, wealthy in natural resources like Saudi Arabia or Iran, Botswana became a multi-party democracy upon independence and has remained that ever since.
Each day of WWII, 18,000 American servicemen were incapacitated by Venereal Disease --- more than by battle wounds on most days. This prevention poster appeared in Army bases throughout the world from 1942-1944. The “Three” were Hitler, Hirohito, and a skeletal “woman of the evening”. This was a shocking poster for many servicemen (and civilians) as the WWII attitudes were such that for the vast majority of Americans, nothing would be worse than Hitler and Hirohito.
