Plague of Athen and the Corona Virus(COVID-19)

The Plague of Athens happened during the second year of the Peloponnesian War, in 430 BC. This plague was said to have come into Athens from Piraeus, which was The main city's port and source of food and supplies. So many people died because of this plague, and so many people have died and are still dying from this new virus today, COVID-19, or the Corona Virus. About 75,000 to 100,000 people were killed form the plague of Athens, and so far about 22,165 people, worldwide, have died from the COVID-19 virus. While these numbers aren't the same, the numbers are still rapidly rising and is said to peak very soon. When the plague in Athens became started raising alarm, Athens society was forced to enforce stricter laws and regulations for the people, since the people were starting to adhere to the rules. The way Athens responded to its peoples lack of adherence for the laws, is very similar to the way the government officials are responding to the COVID-19 virus. In the US, our government is doing the same, by enforcing stricter laws including, quarantines, areas of people or even a whole state. Thucydides, who was a historian who contracted the disease during the war describes it basically as spreading from Ethiopia through Egypt and then spreading throughout many other places throughout the Mediterranean. This also shows a little similarity to the COVID-19 virus when it comes to spreading across the world. The COVID-19 virus has spread across the whole world as a pandemic. Looking deeper into each of these virus's you can see how they actually have many things in common with the spread of disease and how the two different society's reacted and adapted to the situation.