Archaeology, College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia; FAPAB Research Center, Avola (SR), Sicily, Italy.
Archaeology, College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
Public Health. 2022 Nov;212:55-57. doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2022.08.016. Epub 2022 Oct 7.
This article examines the politico-scientific mechanism, which leads nations to declare an epidemic or a pandemic finished, irrespective of the actual epidemiological situation at a given time. A historical comparison is made with the famous behavior of Emperor Justinian I (482-565 CE) during the plague pandemic named after him (part of the first plague pandemic). Finally, a reference to the importance of the multidisciplinary study of the history of medicine and the intersection between pandemics and wars is made.
本文考察了政治科学机制，该机制导致各国宣布疫情或大流行结束，而不论当时的实际流行病学情况如何。本文还将其与著名的查士丁尼一世皇帝（公元 482-565 年）在以他的名字命名的大瘟疫期间的行为进行了历史比较（第一次大瘟疫的一部分）。最后，本文提到了多学科研究医学史以及大流行病和战争之间的交叉点的重要性。
