Epidemics When I was Growing up.

         When I think of my childhood and major event that happened, the first thing that comes to mind is Y2K. My father is a computer consultant and he had to come up with many plans that he may need to use if computers were to crash. People fed into the hype of the end of the world mindset. They were willing to buy any new product and software that they thought could save their cyber world. Businesses profited from this immensely, mark ups were at an all time high, taking advantage of consumer’s fears. As a ten year old child I didn’t understand the whole thing, so to me it was just another new years eve. Y2K came and passed and computers were unchanged, but this epidemic will always be remembered.