Comments on: Timeless Words on Typhus http://conflicthealth.com/timeless-words-on-typhus/ Armed Conflict, Public Health, Human Security, Health Diplomacy, and Medical Intelligence Thu, 15 Jul 2010 10:01:16 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Vethno http://conflicthealth.com/timeless-words-on-typhus/comment-page-1/#comment-398 Vethno Mon, 24 Nov 2008 11:20:35 +0000 http://warandhealth.com/timeless-words-on-typhus/#comment-398 The de-volution of individuals in a society when confronted by basic survival in the face of an epidemic is a very important factor when examining the 'social psychology' of a culture. When these individual actions are examined in the context of society as a whole, they lend themselves to an understanding of what the particular society deems important. Is Typhus at a certain level (number of cases) routine for society, and therefore, considered 'business as usual', or has it exceeded that deemed 'acceptable' the particular society. Individual actions are combined to form a societal whole and thus, can be observed to form indicators of what a society finds important to its basic construct. When levels of disease exceed individual and societal norms, a point is reached that represents 'unacceptable'. This pushes a disruption in the society that is, at its base, rooted in individual action but is observable in the greater society when individual actions aggregate into larger mass actions. The de-volution of individuals in a society when confronted by basic survival in the face of an epidemic is a very important factor when examining the ’social psychology’ of a culture. When these individual actions are examined in the context of society as a whole, they lend themselves to an understanding of what the particular society deems important.

Is Typhus at a certain level (number of cases) routine for society, and therefore, considered ‘business as usual’, or has it exceeded that deemed ‘acceptable’ the particular society. Individual actions are combined to form a societal whole and thus, can be observed to form indicators of what a society finds important to its basic construct. When levels of disease exceed individual and societal norms, a point is reached that represents ‘unacceptable’. This pushes a disruption in the society that is, at its base, rooted in individual action but is observable in the greater society when individual actions aggregate into larger mass actions.

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