Sacrifice Infection

The first wave of the 1918 pandemic appeared in San Sebastián, Spain. Within two months, 8 million of Spain’s residents were ill, and the disease had spread on a global scale. Soon it became known as the Spanish flu, because it received the most press there. The other nations had their media tied up with wartime censorship; Spain, a noncombatant, had no such measures in place (Kolata, Flu 9-10). The first wave of the 1918 pandemic appeared in America without much comment. The media was more interested in attention-grabbing news about topics like the war than the rather unremarkable flu. Most people were afflicted with symptoms for a few days before recovering and moving on. The only aspect of the flu that was remarkable was the condition of the lungs from the victims who had died from the flu and pneumonia (Crosby 17-21).

Poor hand hygiene - spread of germs from one patient to another or spread for hands to surfaces.

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It is written, “ Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends,”

This influenza occurred at the latter point of “World War 1” coming at a vulnerable time for the world. Many people have already died due to the war, and many resources and money has already been consumed. So when the pandemic hit, it hit with a charge that left a great wound in the economy and health of the people not just in the U.S. but the world. People responded by taking more precautions in health and safety, and took radical response in the exterminating of animal populations.

Picture this: A little girl, Abigail, comes to the hospital with a terrible arm infection. Being a beneficiary of the Affordable Care Act she is treated and discharged. At some point someone had to have asked, “How did Abigail contract the infection?" A hypothetical answer may be, "She was playing with her friends in a junkyard in her neighborhood and got a down to the bone scrape by a piece of rusted metal." The conversation continues with a plausible, “Why are there children playing in a junkyard?" and a, “The neighborhood park was shut down due to safety violations.” Suppose the inquiries continued. “How long ago was the park shut down? When will renovations be completed? Why is there only one park?" "The park has been shut

When one thinks about sacrifice their minds tend to think of it as noble deed that highlights what they value. They view it as the person has sacrificed something that is important for the greater good. However, this is not always the case and sometimes sacrifice can take people down some very dark paths and not only ruin their own life, but the lives of others around them. In The Poisonwood Bible, multiple characters made sacrifices that were sometimes good and sometimes bad. The bad instances caused a lot of problems in the book. Throughout the book Nathan Price sacrificed his family’s life in America which showed how far he was willing to go to display his values, which would turn out to be his hamartia.

Walking down any given street in the year 1918 between the months of June and December, one would take notice of coffins lining the sidewalks. Nobody was on the streets, and dead bodies were stuffed into every available space. The Flu Epidemic of 1918 not only was the most devastating event of the twentieth century, but propelled the United States to search for a vaccine that has not yet been found, causing concern that the flu will strike again.

In the middle of nowhere, in that vast expanse of trees, lies The Bridge. Nobody knows it as any other name. It stretches across the Dead River, just sitting there waiting for someone new to find it. At one time it was driven over constantly, a way of travel for the inhabitants who are crazy enough to live out there. But now it is just there, a giant chunk of metal, rusting away into nothing. Occasionally it is used for things like fishing, or as a

When the pandemic had started to become more lethal and people began to realize that

Not Washing hands frequently especially after dealing with any bodily fluids. Staff not staying at home if they are sick. Use a tissue, or cough and sneeze into your arm, not your hand. Turn away from other people. Open wounds not being covered especially on the hands. The incorrect use of PPE or the none use of PPE. Sharing personal items between each other. Incorrect food prep and storage.

Influenza, an innocent little virus that annually comes and goes, has always been a part of people’s lives. Knowing this, one would not believe that it has caused not one, not two, but three pandemics and is on its way to causing a fourth! The Spanish flu of 1918, the Asian flu of 1957, and the Hong Kong

The 1968 Pandemic was known as the “Hong Kong Flu” and was Influenza strain A(H3N2) and caused 34,000 deaths in the U.S.

At no time was a search for the cure for influenza more frantic than after the devastating effects of the pandemic of 1918. The pandemic killed somewhere between twenty and a hundred million people, making it twenty five times more deadly than the ordinary cough and sneeze flu. The symptoms of this flu

Background & Audience Relevance: Influenza is an infection that can affect anyone around the world. Am quite sure almost everyone, if not all of us, have been infected with influenza at some point in our lives.