# Plagues and Pestilence: How Pandemics Changed the World (2020)

English · Released 2020-10-01

Plagues and Pestilence: How Pandemics Changed the World is a 2020 English film. The music is by Paul Mounsey.

Music: Paul Mounsey

## Storyline
COVID-19 is far from the first pandemic to wreak havoc in the world. A long line of infectious diseases have devastated and in some cases destroyed entire societies. This documentary examines the causes of epidemics. It also sheds a light on the impact infectious diseases have had on politics and societal change. Today, the world is facing COVID-19. Measures such as quarantine and lockdowns are being rolled out in an effort to control the spread of the virus; and some are questioning how effective they are. Over the centuries, scientists managed to develop treatments and medicines to help control or even eradicate infectious diseases. Virologists are facing that task again with the coronavirus, as the world frantically searches for ways to overcome a pandemic which threatens our modern way of life.

## Common questions

### When was Plagues and Pestilence: How Pandemics Changed the World released?
Plagues and Pestilence: How Pandemics Changed the World was released on 1 October 2020.

### Who composed the music for Plagues and Pestilence: How Pandemics Changed the World?
The music is by Paul Mounsey.

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