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| Jul 8, 2016 | » | 1. The 3 Rules of Epidemics
2 min; updated Sep 5, 2022
The Law of the FewFrom 1995 to 1996, the # of children born in Baltimore with syphillis increased 500%. CDC blamed it on cocaine and reduction in clinics. In 100k+ Colorado Springs town, the gonorrhoea epidemic tipped because of the activities of 168 people living in 4 small neighbourhoods, frequenting the same 6 bars. Gaëtan Dugas, an Air-Canada flight attendant, is [mis?]regarded as “Patient Zero” for AIDS in the US. It’s claimed he had \(\approx\) 2,500 sexual partners over North America, and linked to 40 of the earliest cases of AIDS in CA and NY. ... |