The Pandemic. "Top Ten"

An area of Science i have ignored is the virus. Many Si-Fi films look into one virus destroying Man kind so on and so forth. Its a popular theme and has been thoroughly exploited.
There is a pretty addictive game called Pandemic where you become a virus and basically your aim is to infect everyone.
http://www.crazymonkeygames.com/Pandemic-2.html
There is the link if you fancy a go. i just can't seem to infect Madagascar let me know if you have more success.


"A pandemic (from Greek πᾶν pan "all" + δῆμος demos "people") is an epidemic of infectious disease that is spreading through human populations across a large region; for instance multiple continents, or even worldwide. A widespread endemic disease that is stable in terms of how many people are getting sick from it is not a pandemic. Further, flu pandemics generally exclude recurrences of seasonal flu. Throughout history there have been a number of pandemics, such as smallpox and tuberculosis. More recent pandemics include the HIVpandemic and the H1n1 pandemic." Wikipedia definition of a Pandemic.


I have done some research into diseases and found the "top 10"


The Black Death. 75 million deaths
Polio. 10,000 death since 1916
Smallpox. Native Americans suffer a population drop from 12 Mil. to 235,000
Cholera. 12,000 Deaths since 1991Ebola. 160,000 Deaths since 2000Malaria. 2.7 Million Deaths per year-2800 children per dayBubonic Plague. 250 Million Europeans Dead (1/3 population)Spanish Flu. Between 1918-19: 50-100 Million deadInfluenza. 36,000 Deaths per yearAIDS. 25 Million since 1981
This isn't very nice subject to look at but you could easily do a project on how to avoid a pandemic and make it more light hearted. such as like avoid tongues when kissing/ no group hugs. etc. 

I could also start to relate this to a Zombie Pandemic. that could be a entertaining one to look into like the ZombieLand film. where it displays a persons own list of rules to survie a zombie pandemic.