Scenarios about 'epidemic disease'
The widespread occurrence of infectious diseases affecting large numbers of people simultaneously across communities, regions, or globally. Epidemic diseases like smallpox, bubonic plague, cholera, influenza, and COVID-19 have repeatedly altered historical trajectories by decimating populations, collapsing economies, transforming social structures, and influencing warfare outcomes. In alternate history scenarios, different patterns of disease spread or prevention often serve as critical divergence points that reshape demographic patterns, technological development, and geopolitical power balances.
What If The Polio Vaccine Was Never Developed?
Exploring the alternate timeline where the polio vaccine was never discovered, leaving humanity vulnerable to one of history's most feared diseases and dramatically altering global public health.