Epidemic

An epidemic is an outbreak of a contractible disease that spreads at a rapid rate through a human population. A pandemic is an epidemic whose spread is global. There have been many epidemics throughout history, such as Black Death. In the last hundred years, significant pandemics include: 

The 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, killing an estimated 50 million people worldwide The 1957-58 Asian flu pandemic, which killed an estimated 1 million people The 1968-69 Hong Kong flu pandemic.

The 2002-3 SARS pandemic The AIDS epidemic, beginning in 1959 Other diseases that spread more slowly, but are still considered to be global health emergencies by the WHO include:
XDR TB, a strain of tuberculosis that is extensively resistant to drug treatments Malaria, which kills an estimated 1.5 million people each year Ebola hemorrhagic fever, which has claimed hundreds of victims in Africa in several outbreaks.

Rank	Death toll (estimate)	Event	Location	Date
1.	&0000000100000000000000100,000,000 approx.	Black Death	Asia, Europe, Africa	01300 1300s–1720s
2.	&000000005000000000000050,000,000–100,000,000	Spanish Flu	Worldwide	01918 1918–1920
3.	&000000004000000000000040,000,000–100,000,000	Plague of Justinian	Asia, Europe, Africa	00540 540–590
4.	&000000001200000000000012,000,000 ?	Third Pandemic of Bubonic Plague	Worldwide	01850 1850s–1950s
5.	&00000000050000000000005,000,000	Antonine Plague	Roman Empire	00165 165–180
6.	&00000000040000000000004,000,000	Asian Flu	Worldwide	01956 1956–1958

My Thoughts

When this like this happen it's hard to stop it or find an cure. Already hundreds of lives have been lost and there is till the people who have it and people are going to get it. It's hard to avoid something that can be spread easily, and alot of people already have it.