I think it is very sad that so many people died that year. Yellow fever spread fast, and it seems that no one was prepared for it. It didn't play out well for them. Kids must have been so scared to be around so many people who were either sick or their dead body was laying around somewhere for someone to burry. The way the infection started was from a few unhealthy people and it spread from them to everyone else (thanks to the mosquitoes!). Yellow fever must have seemed like no big deal when you first got it. Head and back pains, a fever, that isn't very unusual. Then you all of a sudden started feeling horrible and the you went all yellow and vomited blood then you died. That must have been so scary to happen to you. Especially if you lived! You would remember it you whole life! I learned that an estimated 2,000 people died from it.
Dizack Maya
Dec 3, 2009
It was amazing for me to see that one virus (yellow fever) could kill more than 4,000 people in about a month. My reaction so far is amazed and shocked about that fact. Also I found out that one of the symptoms of yellow fever is vomiting black blood and that the yellow fever virus effects the body then hides which means the symptoms are gone and then comes back even stronger to kill the victim.
Hoffman Ian
Dec 3, 2009
I hadn't known before that over 4,000 people died. I thought that it was only around 2,000 people. Also I found it interesting how the fever would go away and then come back again. It must have stunk to think you were cured and then have the fever come back and kill you. I also didn't know that the black liquid was a clot of blood. That seams gross. I wonder how the people who helped patients wouldn't get sick. I also wonder if they ever discovered that the disease was caused by mosquitos, during the time it was going around Philadelphia, who discovered it, and how they discovered it. I wonder why some people wanted to stay, and if most of them left once the disease started to grow. In the article it said that some people got out of there beds and walked to the river and drown. I wonder if they were sleep walking or meant to drown themselves. In conclusion this article gave me some interesting information and some more questions.
Mattox Allison
Dec 3, 2009
RE: Delaney, I agree with you completely. It is very sad that so many people died in such a short amount of time. You're right kids must have been scared to be around so many sick or dead people. If your parents died it would be a bad time to be in an orphanage with so many crying little kids.
Banco Bridger
Dec 3, 2009
I learned that The doctor Rush guy was real, and that the virus came came from the caribbean. I at first thought it came from africa with all the slaves coming in and such. And thats really it.
Seaks Christina
Dec 3, 2009
I just want to say that what I learned was that in Philadelphia many, MANY, people got Yellow Fever and many people died from it. It is very sad to say that they got sick and then got better and then through up blood and died with false hope that they were better and cured. If I were living back then I don't know if I would have been able to survive the Yellow Fever (if I got it).
Koerner Madelyn
Dec 3, 2009
RE;Ian and Maya I estimated 2,000 people died.
RE;I agree with Delaney because everyone must of been scared and the people who did live through this they will never be able to forget since it was such a very bad time and even if you just hearing about it and then Yellow Fever comes to were you live then you will be freaked out.
Lasch Claudia
Dec 3, 2009
I think that the fact that such a small virus could kills so many is scary, and people didn't have any clue how the fever was spreading. People must have been very lucky if they were around so many sick people and didn't get sick. The people who got yellow fever thought they where cured then they would get even sicker. If the people tried to drown themselves, wouldn't the virus spread to the water and get more people sick? Lots of people died in such a short time to die. Houses were empty because of how many people died. I wonder if as many people will die from swine flu as yellow fever?
Shah Saagar
Dec 3, 2009
Re: DELANEY; I agree with you as well. I think it is very sad that so many people died in such a short time. I would been very scared as a kid to be out there in Philly, especially in summer cause thats when the mosquitoes are out and you can get Yellow Fever. If the kids are playing out on a hot summer day like I would they would get sweaty and attract the bugs. That would not be good. RE: Allison: I agree with you as well, it would be terrible if your parents died and you had to go to the orphanage with all the crying kids. That would be really annoying!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)))
Kane Spencer
Dec 3, 2009
I think it sucks that all those people died slolwley and painfully. that all could've be prevented if they knew that the mosquitos were spreading it. than they could've made this bug spray than there would be waaaaaayyy less death and pain. so yeah but its still sad that all those people died because of mosquitoes (and the refugees). that is all there fault so thank you for reading
Siler Grace
Dec 3, 2009
I think that time period was really bad with almost everybody getting sick.That is really gross that the sick people through up black clots if blood.That is very different that so many people died in one day.Not all of the people that died did not even get buried correctly. If they had better technology back then they might have been able to get their machines work really fast to make a casket for the dead person. Then they could have a lot of burial services going on at the same time but it was not like that then.
polzinabby
Dec 3, 2009
I think it's really sad that so many people died in one year because of yellow fever. Just imagine being mattie or another kid with both parents gone. When they were at the orphanage there would be tons of kids that could possibly be sick. Just imagine being mattie, her grandfather just died and she has no idea where her mom is.
Zaleski Delaney
Dec 3, 2009
Adding on to my previous comment; I agree with Allison. Kids would be so worried about their parents because if their parents died-And sadly it probably happened-they would be left to "Fight the fever" by themselves. It is amazing that one little thing could kill so many. You probably got dizzy and light headed from the doctor draining your blood. It would be quite scary, to think you're better but then it just springs on you again, this time full speed ahead. You would think that the worst was over. The symptoms were quite scary. Relating back to the book- some of the side effects, the wild thrashing- would scare anyone trying to take care of you. Im not saying they wouldn't take care of you, but it would be scary.
Cook Hannah
Dec 3, 2009
Re:Delaney I agree! (To your first and last) So many poeple it is just so bad! I'm sure the H1N1 is not this bad! It would be like half of our class dying! But I don't think you would get light headed because the other symotoms would be really bad so you just wouldn't feel it! And 2,000 people!!!! 2,000 is sooo much! Like almost 4 of our schools! Also I learned that Dr. Rush was real! Thats cool that the author put a real person in the characters! Re:Abby I would be so scared! Knowing me I would stare at a wall for a day then work too hard then get sick again (I know AGAIN!). I doesn't seem like me but I'm sure thats what I would do! I also learned that the black stuff was blood clots. It's wierd because most doctors bleed you but your also getting rid of blood yourself. How does your body protect itself? The TINY virus must be really strong. Wow.
Sweetman Matthew
Dec 3, 2009
When I was reading i found something interesting yet sad at the same time... THAT 2,000 DIED!!! I thought that more people would die, not just 2,000 since there were, estimated, 55,000 people living in Philadelphia. One of the symptoms is throwing up blood how would that be possible?! I also saw something else that was cool, like Hannah said, the author used a real person, Dr. Rush is real! Who knew?! I'm thankful H1N1 is not that deadly, but maybe Yellow Fever wouldn't be deadly if it came now because we have way more technology. Look at how fast (not fast enough though) they found a cure for H1N1. Re; Delaney, the first comment here. It is very sad they all died and like spencer said to if they would've created a bug spray & shot that would've helped out.
Imperiale Mary
Dec 3, 2009
The article on Yellow Fever in Philadelphia in 1793 was very interesting. I learned that the population was 55,000 and it was the busiest port. Second, I learned that Caribbean refuges brought over the yellow fever because they escaped due to political term-oil. I thought that the slaves brought the yellow fever from Africa, so it was interesting to learn that it really came from the Caribbean. Another thing I learned was that the first reported fatalities were in July. I thought the first were in August so it was interesting to learn that the fever started so early; and lasted so long. I also learned that symptoms of yellow fever are head pains, back and limp pains, and they vomited with blood and black dots. I also found interesting that once you got the symptoms they stopped and then came back in a more severe case. Another thing I learned was that Dr. Benjaimin Rush was the city's leading physican and singer of the Declaration of Independence. Another thing I learned was that the fever ended in November, I thought it ended four weeks before that. I was amazed that only 4,000 people died out of the 55,000 in Philadelphia. I really thought that that 10,000 or 12,000 people died, but still that is a lot of people, especially when the population was that small. (compared to now) That was what I found from reading that article. Re; Matthew, they were vomiting blood because they coughed so hard that their bronchi tubes, or little air tubes burst open, so when this happened they vomited and blood came with it from the bursting bronchi tubes. Another interesting fact is that excessive coughing can cause you to vomit. I hope this answered you question Matthew!!!
Sellers Benjamin
Dec 4, 2009
It is terrible that all those people died but they did kind of have a cure. in the beggining of the book Mattie says that the first frost always stops the fever in its tracks. Plus they could just shut down the port and just get their own supplies for a month or two. I would have put the carribean refuges that were bringing the yellow-Fever in jail or send them out of the city to a hospital.
Re;matthew Would our bug spray now kill the misquitos that carry the yellow fever ?
shimpnathan
Dec 7, 2009
I think the article was a amazing source of information. It tells you about the symptoms of yellow fever and how it spread. The vomiting blood and black goo was a little disturbing. I wonder if that hurt.
Kaser Stephanie
Dec 7, 2009
I Thought that its just terrible that people could get sick so quick!! I think its also sad because since they didn't have any of the Medical technoligy so if you got Yellow Fever you were most likely to die. And since they didn't know how it started for sure they couldn't help stop it. THey tried but since they werent sure they didn't have it for sure. I thought that it was interesting but sad that 46 people die in a die. That's how many people die in a die around the world but in just one state in just one city its pretty sad. I thought that it was interesting that people vomited blood, I mean that is gross but its weird that something that affects there liver would make them vomit blood.
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Zaleski Delaney
Dec 3, 2009
I think it is very sad that so many people died that year. Yellow fever spread fast, and it seems that no one was prepared for it. It didn't play out well for them. Kids must have been so scared to be around so many people who were either sick or their dead body was laying around somewhere for someone to burry. The way the infection started was from a few unhealthy people and it spread from them to everyone else (thanks to the mosquitoes!). Yellow fever must have seemed like no big deal when you first got it. Head and back pains, a fever, that isn't very unusual. Then you all of a sudden started feeling horrible and the you went all yellow and vomited blood then you died. That must have been so scary to happen to you. Especially if you lived! You would remember it you whole life! I learned that an estimated 2,000 people died from it.
Dizack Maya
Dec 3, 2009
It was amazing for me to see that one virus (yellow fever) could kill more than 4,000 people in about a month. My reaction so far is amazed and shocked about that fact. Also I found out that one of the symptoms of yellow fever is vomiting black blood and that the yellow fever virus effects the body then hides which means the symptoms are gone and then comes back even stronger to kill the victim.
Hoffman Ian
Dec 3, 2009
I hadn't known before that over 4,000 people died. I thought that it was only around 2,000 people. Also I found it interesting how the fever would go away and then come back again. It must have stunk to think you were cured and then have the fever come back and kill you. I also didn't know that the black liquid was a clot of blood. That seams gross. I wonder how the people who helped patients wouldn't get sick. I also wonder if they ever discovered that the disease was caused by mosquitos, during the time it was going around Philadelphia, who discovered it, and how they discovered it. I wonder why some people wanted to stay, and if most of them left once the disease started to grow. In the article it said that some people got out of there beds and walked to the river and drown. I wonder if they were sleep walking or meant to drown themselves. In conclusion this article gave me some interesting information and some more questions.
Mattox Allison
Dec 3, 2009
RE: Delaney, I agree with you completely. It is very sad that so many people died in such a short amount of time. You're right kids must have been scared to be around so many sick or dead people. If your parents died it would be a bad time to be in an orphanage with so many crying little kids.
Banco Bridger
Dec 3, 2009
I learned that The doctor Rush guy was real, and that the virus came came from the caribbean. I at first thought it came from africa with all the slaves coming in and such. And thats really it.
Seaks Christina
Dec 3, 2009
I just want to say that what I learned was that in Philadelphia many, MANY, people got Yellow Fever and many people died from it. It is very sad to say that they got sick and then got better and then through up blood and died with false hope that they were better and cured. If I were living back then I don't know if I would have been able to survive the Yellow Fever (if I got it).
Koerner Madelyn
Dec 3, 2009
RE;Ian and Maya I estimated 2,000 people died.
RE;I agree with Delaney because everyone must of been scared and the people who did live through this they will never be able to forget since it was such a very bad time and even if you just hearing about it and then Yellow Fever comes to were you live then you will be freaked out.
Lasch Claudia
Dec 3, 2009
I think that the fact that such a small virus could kills so many is scary, and people didn't have any clue how the fever was spreading. People must have been very lucky if they were around so many sick people and didn't get sick. The people who got yellow fever thought they where cured then they would get even sicker. If the people tried to drown themselves, wouldn't the virus spread to the water and get more people sick? Lots of people died in such a short time to die. Houses were empty because of how many people died. I wonder if as many people will die from swine flu as yellow fever?
Shah Saagar
Dec 3, 2009
Re: DELANEY; I agree with you as well. I think it is very sad that so many people died in such a short time. I would been very scared as a kid to be out there in Philly, especially in summer cause thats when the mosquitoes are out and you can get Yellow Fever. If the kids are playing out on a hot summer day like I would they would get sweaty and attract the bugs. That would not be good. RE: Allison: I agree with you as well, it would be terrible if your parents died and you had to go to the orphanage with all the crying kids. That would be really annoying!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)))
Kane Spencer
Dec 3, 2009
I think it sucks that all those people died slolwley and painfully. that all could've be prevented if they knew that the mosquitos were spreading it. than they could've made this bug spray than there would be waaaaaayyy less death and pain. so yeah but its still sad that all those people died because of mosquitoes (and the refugees). that is all there fault so thank you for reading
Siler Grace
Dec 3, 2009
I think that time period was really bad with almost everybody getting sick.That is really gross that the sick people through up black clots if blood.That is very different that so many people died in one day.Not all of the people that died did not even get buried correctly. If they had better technology back then they might have been able to get their machines work really fast to make a casket for the dead person. Then they could have a lot of burial services going on at the same time but it was not like that then.
polzinabby
Dec 3, 2009
I think it's really sad that so many people died in one year because of yellow fever. Just imagine being mattie or another kid with both parents gone. When they were at the orphanage there would be tons of kids that could possibly be sick. Just imagine being mattie, her grandfather just died and she has no idea where her mom is.
Zaleski Delaney
Dec 3, 2009
Adding on to my previous comment; I agree with Allison. Kids would be so worried about their parents because if their parents died-And sadly it probably happened-they would be left to "Fight the fever" by themselves. It is amazing that one little thing could kill so many. You probably got dizzy and light headed from the doctor draining your blood. It would be quite scary, to think you're better but then it just springs on you again, this time full speed ahead. You would think that the worst was over. The symptoms were quite scary. Relating back to the book- some of the side effects, the wild thrashing- would scare anyone trying to take care of you. Im not saying they wouldn't take care of you, but it would be scary.
Cook Hannah
Dec 3, 2009
Re:Delaney
I agree! (To your first and last) So many poeple it is just so bad! I'm sure the
H1N1 is not this bad! It would be like half of our class dying! But I don't
think you would get light headed because the other symotoms would be really bad
so you just wouldn't feel it! And 2,000 people!!!! 2,000 is sooo much! Like
almost 4 of our schools! Also I learned that Dr. Rush was real! Thats cool that
the author put a real person in the characters!
Re:Abby
I would be so scared! Knowing me I would stare at a wall for a day then work too
hard then get sick again (I know AGAIN!). I doesn't seem like me but I'm sure
thats what I would do! I also learned that the black stuff was blood clots.
It's wierd because most doctors bleed you but your also getting rid of blood
yourself. How does your body protect itself? The TINY virus must be really
strong.
Wow.
Sweetman Matthew
Dec 3, 2009
When I was reading i found something interesting yet sad at the same time... THAT 2,000 DIED!!! I thought that more people would die, not just 2,000 since there were, estimated, 55,000 people living in Philadelphia. One of the symptoms is throwing up blood how would that be possible?! I also saw something else that was cool, like Hannah said, the author used a real person, Dr. Rush is real! Who knew?! I'm thankful H1N1 is not that deadly, but maybe Yellow Fever wouldn't be deadly if it came now because we have way more technology. Look at how fast (not fast enough though) they found a cure for H1N1.
Re; Delaney, the first comment here. It is very sad they all died and like spencer said to if they would've created a bug spray & shot that would've helped out.
Imperiale Mary
Dec 3, 2009
The article on Yellow Fever in Philadelphia in 1793 was very interesting. I learned that the population was 55,000 and it was the busiest port. Second, I learned that Caribbean refuges brought over the yellow fever because they escaped due to political term-oil. I thought that the slaves brought the yellow fever from Africa, so it was interesting to learn that it really came from the Caribbean. Another thing I learned was that the first reported fatalities were in July. I thought the first were in August so it was interesting to learn that the fever started so early; and lasted so long. I also learned that symptoms of yellow fever are head pains, back and limp pains, and they vomited with blood and black dots. I also found interesting that once you got the symptoms they stopped and then came back in a more severe case. Another thing I learned was that Dr. Benjaimin Rush was the city's leading physican and singer of the Declaration of Independence. Another thing I learned was that the fever ended in November, I thought it ended four weeks before that. I was amazed that only 4,000 people died out of the 55,000 in Philadelphia. I really thought that that 10,000 or 12,000 people died, but still that is a lot of people, especially when the population was that small. (compared to now) That was what I found from reading that article.
Re; Matthew, they were vomiting blood because they coughed so hard that their bronchi tubes, or little air tubes burst open, so when this happened they vomited and blood came with it from the bursting bronchi tubes. Another interesting fact is that excessive coughing can cause you to vomit. I hope this answered you question Matthew!!!
Sellers Benjamin
Dec 4, 2009
It is terrible that all those people died but they did kind of have a cure. in the beggining of the book Mattie says that the first frost always stops the fever in its tracks. Plus they could just shut down the port and just get their own supplies for a month or two. I would have put the carribean refuges that were bringing the yellow-Fever in jail or send them out of the city to a hospital.
Re;matthew Would our bug spray now kill the misquitos that carry the yellow fever ?
shimpnathan
Dec 7, 2009
I think the article was a amazing source of information. It tells you about the symptoms of yellow fever and how it spread. The vomiting blood and black goo was a little disturbing. I wonder if that hurt.
Kaser Stephanie
Dec 7, 2009
I Thought that its just terrible that people could get sick so quick!! I think its also sad because since they didn't have any of the Medical technoligy so if you got Yellow Fever you were most likely to die. And since they didn't know how it started for sure they couldn't help stop it. THey tried but since they werent sure they didn't have it for sure. I thought that it was interesting but sad that 46 people die in a die. That's how many people die in a die around the world but in just one state in just one city its pretty sad. I thought that it was interesting that people vomited blood, I mean that is gross but its weird that something that affects there liver would make them vomit blood.