Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
atlas journal of medicine, cilt.4, sa.10, ss.109-117, 2024 (Hakemli Dergi)
Human history is full of “epidemics” (epidemics/pandemics) as well as many disasters which caused by microorganisms. Hunger, famine, poverty, civil war and related migrations cause the epidemic to spread around the world, that is, a “pandemic”. While cholera was a common local disease in India until the 19th century, it was carried to Afghanistan by the occupying British troops and to Asia, Iran, Hejaz and China by sea. Despite all the precautions taken, the Ottoman Empire could not prevent the cholera (which is carried by the pilgrims who entered Anatolian lands), and the disease spread throughout Anatolia. Cholera epidemics still occur in various parts of the world where clean drinking water is not available. During the cholera pandemic, the Ottoman Empire struggled with the epidemic by using quarantine, cordon, disinfection, environmental cleaning, and vaccination methods, on the one hand, and with the ignorance of those who opposed these measures, on the other hand. All humanity, our world, from December 2019 to May 2023, struggled with the COVID-19 pandemic, the causative agent of which was determined as SARSCov2 (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Coronavirus 2). Similar fighting methods are still in use today. The “mask-distance-cleaning” trio, which is the current equivalent of quarantine, cordon and disinfection, has been generally accepted. However, there were hesitations and objections about the vaccine; Towards the end of the pandemic, the side effects of the vaccine as well as the disease began to be discussed, and opponents of vaccination held rallies where even the simplest protection rules were not followed. This approach directly endangered public health. The aim of this study is to compare today’s measures with the measures taken in the 1800s, when there were no strong measures such as vaccines, and to draw attention to the global crises that threaten our World with the pandemic and the measures that should be taken against them