Was 2020 Really the Worst Year in History? Think Again!!

For some, the year 2020 was a year of catastrophe, with millions dying during the global epidemic, we had to work from home, and meetings were held at Zoom. But if we look at history, we know that the situation could have been even more difficult, and perhaps knowing the historical background, we think that the year 2020 was not really that bad!

In this article, we will take a look at what went wrong in 2020 and how difficult the year was compared to the past. According to Johns Hopkins University, 74 million people worldwide have been diagnosed with corona virus so far. Although it is one of the worst global pandemics in the world, the situation was even more serious in the past. After 1346, the Black Death or Bubonic plague was one of the most dangerous epidemics in the world. It killed 25 million people in Europe and 200 million worldwide. After 1520, people from Spain and Portugal came to the United States with smallpox, which killed 60 to 90 percent of the continent's natives. The Spanish flu spread around the world in 1918. It was spread by returning soldiers after World War I. The epidemic killed 50 million people. It wiped out three to five percent of the world's population. The HIV / AIDS epidemic began in the 1980s and has killed 32 million people so far. The global epidemic has also hit the economy hard and affected many jobs around the world. However, the unemployment rate has not yet reached the level of the 1929-33 economic crisis.1933 was a particularly bad year. At that time, one in three people in Germany was unemployed. At the same time, popular politician Adolf Hitler came to power. It was foggy. He says it was "one of the worst times in the history of the world, even if we don't consider it the worst. “This is the beginning of the coldest decade in the last 2300 years in which crops were destroyed and people went hungry. This may have been due to a volcanic eruption in Iceland or North America. Its ashes fell to the northern hemisphere. The fog is believed to have spread to Europe, Asia and other parts of the world. This caused a severe cold wave to engulf many areas. Historically, this year was also bad for world tourism. But if you are so sorry to be at home, think a little about your ancestors. Human beings have been facing severe travel restrictions since 195,000 years ago. This was the beginning of a cold and dry period that lasted for thousands of years. This is known as marine isotope stage 6. Scientists like Professor Curtis Marian believe that this drought brought our generation to the brink of extinction. He says that the survival of humanity was made possible by living in caves. There are similar caves on the south coast of Africa. One of these caves is called the Garden of Eden. Here people learned to live on seafood. A major explosion in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, on August 4 was caused by the unsafe storage of 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate. About 190 people were killed and more than 6,000 were injured. According to experts, it was one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in history. Its intensity was about one kiloton of TNT. This is the 20th part of the Hiroshima bomb. But in December 1984, a chemical plant in Bhopal, India, exploded due to a leak. It killed thousands and is considered one of the worst industrial accidents in modern history. According to the Indian government, about 3,500 people were killed in the blast. It is estimated that some 15,000 more died of lung disease in the following years. For decades after the blast, the city was shrouded in a haze that still haunts people today. A forest fire in Australia last summer killed at least 33 people, but the damage was devastating. Was big About three billion animals died in the city or had to leave their homes and move to other areas. These include all kinds of animals and birds whose homes were burnt down by the fire. But in September 1923, earthquakes spread like wildfire. One such incident killed more than 140,000 people between Tokyo and Yokohama in Japan. The death toll was human, not koala.

 

...Little Hope...

Women's participation in world politics has increased. In 2020, 20 states were headed by women. In 1995, that number was just 12. According to a UN report, the number of women in the parliaments of different countries doubled in 2020. It accounted for 25% of all seats, and this is the year in which Kamala Harris has made history. She is the first woman to be elected vice president, the first black woman, the first woman from the South Asian community, and the first woman to be the daughter of an immigrant. People around the world rallied against racism, hoping for a better future. There was also news for the environment. More companies are now promising to reduce carbon emissions. In fact, according to the United Nations, many local governments and businesses are in favor of zero emissions as a whole. These companies include Facebook, Ford and Mercedes-Benz. If these good things are not enough for you, then obviously at some point we will have to leave this land. In October, NASA announced that there was more water on the moon than we had seen in the past. This is a discovery that could make future missions even more important. If we live on Earth, we hope that in 2020 we will remember the lessons learned from the global epidemic.