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Problems 1902 Scarlet Fever deaths peaked at close to 5,000 and slowly drop thanks to penicillin. 1905 Last Yellow Fever epidemic killed 20 in US as misquote control eliminated cause. 1936 vaccine ended disease. 1916 Measles 12,000 mostly children died. Vaccine finally eliminated most cases by early 1980's. 1918 Spanish Flu 500,000 died in US. This could have been the cause of the post WW 1. 1921 Diphtheria 206,000 cases, 15,520 deaths Mostly children died. 1953 Polio 57,628 cases with 21,000 paralyzed Vaccine followed and it is now about gone. 1957-58 Asian Flu 70,000 died in US. 1968-69 Hong Kong Flu 34,000 died in US. 1985-95+ AIDS killed ten to twenty thousand per year in 1970's. Annual deaths peaked at 41,699 in mid 1990's and then they quickly dropped due to super drug development and availability. Total deaths were 658,507. 1960's Measles, Mumps, Rubella and a 1995 Chicken Pox vaccines made childhood safer and more enjoyable as did seat belts, infant safety seats, bicycle safety helmets, and other child safety requirements. |
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4U.S.
Cost of War Nineteen-month World War 1 killed 116,516 from all causes with 204,002 wounded in action. The resulting peace treaty severely penalized Germany and divided the Ottoman Empire among the winners. These winners continued their 19th Century Western Colonialism, which planted the seeds for Arab Unrest. Four year World War 2 killed 405,399 from all causes with 670,66 wounded in action. Losers were not punished. Russian Bear having suffered 26.6 military and civilian deaths used their newly occupied eastern European territory to provide a protective buffer. Three year Korean War killed 36,574 with 103,284 wounded in action. South Korea remained free. Japan felt safe and used a small defense budget to build industrial capital and again join the developed world.
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5Cold
War After WW 2 the Russian Communists seize power in Poland, closed access to Berlin and the Western Allies countered with an airlift. Russia exploded an atomic bomb. Communists won the Chinese Communist Revolution. The 1950-53 Korean War had UN forces fighting against North Korean Communists invaders.Russia exploded a Hydrogen bomb, put down revolts in Poland and Hungary, and launched 2 Sputniks. The 1956 Suez Canal Crisis caused tension between Western allies.Military and political advisors wanted to use nuclear weapons in the Korean War against China and again wanted them used against China in reference to Taiwan and Formosa. Ike didn't listen. The US 1960 U-2 Spy Plane Incident ended the Eisenhower Administration's chess game with Communism and it also ended the very brief Paris Peace Conference. JFK didn't listen to his advisors who wanted to use nuclear weapons in relation to the 1961 Cuban Missile Crisis. A more peaceful blockade settled the crisis.
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Recent Bailouts
1975 New York City $1.3b paid back + interest 1979 Chrysler Motors $1.5b paid back + interest 1982 Oklahoma-based Penn Square Bank $65m 1984 Continental Illinois Bank bailout $14b 1980's Savings and Loan Bailouts $124.6b [2] 2009-10 Great Recession TARP cost $24b, Detroit cost $16b Positive results include GM and Chrysler workers kept their jobs. Quick action by two administrations helped a quick US economic recovery while Europe still dilly dallies. At 2% additional economic growth per year the higher GDP is worth about $300 billion/year. |
Determinates of
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