On plague and Ebola in a time of COVID-19

Cormac Ó Gráda

The global COVID-19 pandemic recalls the Ebola epidemic of 2014-15 and earlier much more lethal plague epidemics. All share several characteristics, even though the second and third plague epidemics dwarfed the both the 2014-15 Ebola outbreak and COVID-19 in terms of mortality. This essay reviews the mortality due to Ebola and plague and their lethality; the spatial and socioeconomic dimensions of plague mortality; the role of public action in containing the two diseases; and their economic impact.

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Year of publication:	2020
Authors:	Ó Gráda, Cormac
Publisher:	Dublin : UCD School of Economics, University College Dublin
Subject:	plague \| mortality \| health \| economic history \| Coronavirus \| Sterblichkeit \| Mortality \| Wirtschaftsgeschichte \| Economic history \| Epidemie \| Epidemic \| Gesundheitsökonomik \| Health economics

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Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (circa 46 Seiten) Illustrationen
Series:	Working paper series. - Dublin : [Verlag nicht ermittelbar], ZDB-ID 2094056-7. - Vol. WP20, 22 (August 2020)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Graue Literatur ; Non-commercial literature ; Arbeitspapier ; Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	hdl:10419/228202 [Handle]
Classification:	I10 - Health. General ; N00 - Economic History. General
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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