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** Sort the full timeline by "Event type" and look for the group of rows with value "Disinfection method introduction".
** You will see a variety of physical methods of disinfection, like boiling, heat, steam sterilization, {{w|X-ray}}s; a number of elements and artifacts introduced for disinfection, like {{w|porcelain}} and the {{w|autoclave}}, as well as some protocols introduced in modern hospitals.
* What are some of the several developed methods of {{w|social distancing}} with the purpose to prevent infection?
** Sort the full timeline by "Event type" and look for the group of rows with value "{{w|Social distancing}}"
** You will see between parenthesis different methods, like "{{w|cordon sanitaire}}", and "{{w|quarantine}}", both very old practices.
* What are some events describing research on disinfection methods?
** Sort the full timeline by "Event type" and look for the group of rows with value "Disinfection method research".
* What are some historically significant applications of public measures aimed at preventing and controlling infection outbreaks?
** Sort the full timeline by "Event type" and look for the groups of rows with values "Contact tracing", "Survaillance", "{{w|Cordon sanitaire}}", "{{w|Protective sequestration}}" and "{{w|Infection control}}".
** You will see some different types of response to outbreaks, including historic {{w|plague}} epidemics, and recent pandemics.
** For contact tracing, you will see a number of recent events related to {{w|digital contact tracing}} launched during the {{w|COVID-19 pandemic}}.
| 800 BC || {{w|Disinfectant}} introduction || || The oldest reference to disinfection of premises with a chemical product seems to be that described by [[w:Homer (Homero)|Homer]] in book xii of the ''{{w|Odyssey}}'', where the hero, having killed his rivals, demands that sulphur be burnt in the house which they had occupied.<ref name="oie.int"/> ||
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| 1347–1348 || {{w|Social distancing}} ({{w|cuarantinequarantine}}) || {{w|Plague}} || The term ''quarantine'' is derived from the Italian number “quaranta,” or 40, with the practice originating around this time, during the {{w|Black Plague}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Science of Social Distancing |url=https://asm.org/Articles/2020/April/The-Science-of-Social-Distancing |website=asm.org |accessdate=31 July 2020}}</ref> || {{w|Italy}}
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| 1363 || {{w|Disinfectant}} introduction || Wound infection || Alcohol as an {{w|antiseptic}} is recommended for wound treatment by French physician {{w|Guy de Chauliac}}.<ref name="Block">{{cite book |last1=Block |first1=Seymour Stanton |title=Disinfection, Sterilization, and Preservation |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=3f-kPJ17_TYC&pg=PA229&lpg=PA229&dq=1363+++Alcohol+is+already+used+as+an+antiseptic.&source=bl&ots=KnIjEt4ON0&sig=ACfU3U19gDSSAKOZfh3tqGXdv6oIFH6fBQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjF25rkucbpAhXwHrkGHSxCCB0Q6AEwDHoECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=1363%20%20%20Alcohol%20is%20already%20used%20as%20an%20antiseptic.&f=false}}</ref> || {{w|France}}
| 1719 || {{w|Disinfectant}} introduction || || {{w|Thymol}} is first isolated by the German chemist [[w:Caspar Neumann (chemist)|Caspar Neumann]].<ref>{{cite journal|first=Carolo |last=Neuman |date=1724 |title=De Camphora |journal=Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London |volume=33 |issue=389 |pages=321–332 |url=http://rstl.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/33/381-391/321.full.pdf+html |doi=10.1098/rstl.1724.0061|doi-access=free }} On page 324, Neumann mentions that in 1719 (MDCCXIX) he distilled some essential oils from various herbs. On page 326, he mentions that during the course of these experiments, he obtained a crystalline substance from thyme oil, which he called "''Camphora Thymi''" ({{w|camphor}} of thyme). (Neumann gave the name "camphor" not only to the specific substance that today is called camphor, but to any crystalline substance that precipitated from a volatile, fragrant oil from some plant.)</ref> || {{w|Germany}}
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| 1720 || {{w|Social distancing}} ({{w|cuarantinequarantine}}) || {{w|Plague}} || During a bubonic plague epidemic, local merchants in {{w|Marseille}} pressure authorities to release a cargo ship from quarantine after just about 10 days; when the crew and cargo enter the city, an outbreak erupts in Marseille and kills 60,000 of its inhabitants.<ref>{{cite web |title=Then vs. Now: How Social Distancing Became a Fixture of Public Health |url=https://www.wrcbtv.com/story/42152348/then-vs-now-the-history-of-social-distancing |website=wrcbtv.com |accessdate=31 July 2020}}</ref> || {{w|France}}
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| 1730 || {{w|Disinfectant}} introduction || {{w|Glanders}} infection || {{w|Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor}} decrees that stables which have housed glanderous horses should be plastered with {{w|quicklime}}. Such arrangements figure in numerous texts published in Europe around the time.<ref name="oie.int"/> || {{w|Europe}}
| 2020 (February 19) || {{w|Contact tracing}} || {{w|Coronavirus disease 2019}} || {{w|Covid Watch}} is created as an open source nonprofit with the mission to build mobile technology to fight the {{w|COVID-19 pandemic}} while defending digital privacy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://covid-watch.org/about|title=Covid Watch About Page|date=2020-06-02|website=Covid Watch|language=en|access-date=29 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=COVID-19 Risk Assessment App Idea for Vetting and Discussion |url=https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/8chk6DHZXctGHtNoz/covid-19-risk-assessment-app-idea-for-vetting-and-discussion |website=forum.effectivealtruism.org |accessdate=29 July 2020}}</ref> ||
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| 2020 (March 16) || {{w|Protective Social distancing}} ({{w|protective sequestration}} ) || {{w|Coronavirus disease 2019}} || The tribal leadership of the {{w|Havasupai}} closes access to its community in {{w|Havasu Creek}} to tourists to prevent the introduction of {{w|COVID-19}} into the population.<ref>[https://fronterasdesk.org/content/1523571/havasupai-ill-equipped-handle-covid-19-close-canyon "Havasupai Ill Equipped To Handle COVID-19, Close Canyon," Laurel Morales, ''Fronteras,'' Thursday, April 9, 2020.]</ref> || {{w|United States}}
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| 2020 (March 17) || {{w|Contact tracing}} || {{w|Coronavirus disease 2019}} || {{w|TCN Protocol}} is introduced as an {{w|open source}}, [[w:Decentralised system|decentralized]], anonymous [[w:Exposure Notification|exposure alert]] protocol developed by {{w|Covid Watch}}<ref name="Covid Watch">{{Cite web|url=https://www.covid-watch.org/|title=Covid Watch|date=2020-02-19|website=Covid Watch|language=en|access-date=2020-06-02}}</ref> in response to the {{w|COVID-19 pandemic}}.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.stanford.edu/2020/04/09/stanford-researchers-help-develop-privacy-focused-coronavirus-alert-app/|title=Stanford researchers help develop privacy-focused coronavirus alert app|last=University|first=Stanford|date=2020-04-09|website=Stanford News|language=en|access-date=29 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=First implementation of anonymous exposure alert protocol |url=https://github.com/covidwatchorg/covidwatch-ios-tcn/commit/b520d1486d9d898dadeb15dd94fbbb16c0e1d6a1 |website=github.com |accessdate=29 July 2020}}</ref> ||
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