This exhibit is meant to have a broad approach to the history of well-known pandemics and epidemics such as the Black Death and COVID-19, as well as looking at pandemics and epidemics in popular culture (books, movies, and podcasts) and acknowledging past individuals who have advanced our understanding of pandemics and epidemics as well as more recent individuals like Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Explore what technologies and research trends have come about and what these advancements will mean for the future. What has been the Catholic Church's reponse locally as well as in Rome?
Take time to understand the definition and differences of pandemics and epidemics and to explore the images and resources we have compiled.
Creator: Alissa Eckert, MSMI; Dan Higgins, MAMS
Date Created: 2020
Description: This illustration, created at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), reveals ultrastructural morphology exhibited by coronaviruses. Note the spikes that adorn the outer surface of the virus, which impart the look of a corona surrounding the virion, when viewed electron microscopically. A novel coronavirus, named Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), was identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness first detected in Wuhan, China in 2019. The illness caused by this virus has been named coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).