Despite the whole-hearted efforts of the current medical profession, it seems that the pandemic is constantly one step ahead of us. Before the modern discovery of microbiology, animistic beliefs and the religious world-view formed a central role in society. When illnesses occurred, people assigned blame upon negative spiritual entities, and considered those illnesses to be punishments from the gods. In more recent times, modern medicine came to shape ways of life.
On this trip, our Spirit of Asia team presents the lessons learned from pandemics that played their part in redefining Thai society throughout history. Despite the fear and suffering brought about by each health threat, how did our ancestors survive the pandemics that had pushed and conditioned the way science and society responded? We now present a timeline of pandemics that have created anchor points throughout Thailand’s history.
Please stay tuned with "Spirit of Asia" on May 2nd, 2021 at 04.30 - 05.00 PM. (Bangkok, UTC+7)
Despite the whole-hearted efforts of the current medical profession, it seems that the pandemic is constantly one step ahead of us. Before the modern discovery of microbiology, animistic beliefs and the religious world-view formed a central role in society. When illnesses occurred, people assigned blame upon negative spiritual entities, and considered those illnesses to be punishments from the gods. In more recent times, modern medicine came to shape ways of life.
On this trip, our Spirit of Asia team presents the lessons learned from pandemics that played their part in redefining Thai society throughout history. Despite the fear and suffering brought about by each health threat, how did our ancestors survive the pandemics that had pushed and conditioned the way science and society responded? We now present a timeline of pandemics that have created anchor points throughout Thailand’s history.
Please stay tuned with "Spirit of Asia" on May 2nd, 2021 at 04.30 - 05.00 PM. (Bangkok, UTC+7)