Scenarios about 'epidemiology'
The scientific study of disease patterns, causes, and effects in populations, including how diseases spread and how to control them. Epidemiology has shaped human history through responses to major outbreaks like the Black Death, smallpox, and the 1918 influenza pandemic, often redirecting societal development. In alternate history scenarios, different epidemiological outcomes can fundamentally alter population demographics, technological development, and the rise or fall of civilizations.
What If AIDS Was Contained Earlier?
Exploring the alternate timeline where HIV/AIDS was identified, understood, and effectively contained in the early 1980s, potentially saving millions of lives and reshaping global health priorities.
What If Smallpox Was Never Eradicated?
Exploring the alternate timeline where humanity's first and only successful disease eradication campaign failed, allowing smallpox to remain a deadly global threat into the 21st century.
What If The AIDS Epidemic Never Happened?
Exploring the alternate timeline where HIV never made the leap to humans or was contained before becoming a global pandemic, fundamentally altering public health, LGBTQ+ history, and social development across the globe.
What If The AIDS Epidemic Was Contained Earlier?
Exploring the alternate timeline where HIV/AIDS was identified, understood, and addressed years before it became a global pandemic, potentially saving millions of lives and reshaping social attitudes toward public health and LGBTQ+ communities.
What If The Smallpox Vaccine Was Never Created?
Exploring the alternate timeline where Edward Jenner never developed the smallpox vaccine in 1796, potentially altering the course of modern medicine, public health, and global demographics.
What If Vaccines Were Never Invented?
Exploring the alternate timeline where vaccination was never discovered, leaving humanity vulnerable to infectious diseases and dramatically altering the course of global health, demographics, and society.