Famine
Guido Alfani
There is no doubt that famine has always been one of the most feared calamities throughout ages. Unlike plague, hunger even today remains a scourge for many earth’s inhabitants. According to FAO, in 2009, number people suffering from chronic had exceeded, also due economic crisis, record level billion people, highest figure ever reached history humanity1 However, well-fed Westerner risk going hungry seems far more remote than catching an epidemic disease, if only fears recently created by diseases like SARS, avian and swine influenzas. In other words, disappearance plague way indicative definitive defeat Plague.
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