1918 flu pandemic

While the next big one will not be Zika, at least for the global community, researchers today are fairly confident in what it will be: a flu. If history has told us anything, it’s that viruses that utilize respiratory and droplet transmission are highly infective. A classic historic example includes the Spanish Influenza of 1918 that killed an estimated 3-5% of the world’s population, leaving families broken and lowered the life expectancy in the United States to just 12 years. In fact, the earliest

The Spanish Flu Ethan Ellsworth In this article I will be talking about The Spanish Flu. The first paragraph will be about how the Spanish Flu entered the United States, the second paragraph will be about approximately how many people were affected by the flue and how many people died because of it, the third paragraph will be about if the Spanish Flu will ever return. This paragraph will be about how the Spanish Flu entered the United States. The Spanish Flu entered the flu by people coming

know that it can be spread by human-to-human contact, and has some airborne stability. (Silverstein: 59) Specifically, the characteristics of the influenza at Fort Dix was extremely discouraging. First of all, it was very similar to the 1918 swine influenza A pandemic, which turned out to be one of the most lethal outbreaks of disease in recorded history, and one victim had already died. Also, while usually this disease is caused by exposure to pigs, it was obvious that this was the

the influenza virus. Around the world and in the united states the influenza disease is referred to as “the flu” and due to similar symptoms people mistakenly believe that it is nothing more than an ordinary severe type of cold. While the influenza symptoms as it manifests can range from mild to severe, the flu still kills a significant number of people annually. Short narration from a flu victim family “it is Monday morning and the radio in my daughter’s room ‘Amber Gray' continues to play her favorite

Why was there so many racial dilemmas emerging in the United States after the end of World War I? It is possible to say that the main reason is because this World War I was fought by the entire world. It was a war between countries of different nationalities and ethnic groups. There was especially more hate in the United States since it is a country made up of Americans of different backgrounds and recent immigrants. During the drafting of soldiers of the war, African Americans were also taking in

Name-Prashant Rayamajhi 1. Explain why Americans were neutral at the beginning of the Great War and why they abandoned that policy. The Great War began in 1914 in Europe but U.S. did not involve in the war instead hold on a neutral position until 1917. Woodrow Wilson called the United States to remain neutral and not interfere in the European affairs. He tried to keep United States neutral in the war and continue to keep up trading with the warring nations; made loans to the allied powers. In May

The Spanish flu in World War I was a lot worse and had a way higher death rate than the common flu today. Therefore, they should not even be compared. It is so much different because during war everything was so dirty and everyone was always crammed in the trenches: “World War 1 trenches were dirty, smelly and riddled with disease. For soldiers life in the trenches meant living in fear” (WWI facts). This made it very easy to catch illnesses especially because the flu was so contagious. The symptoms

Influenza According to WebMD, “In the past 30 years, the annual death rate from flu-related causes has ranged from 3,000 to 49,000 deaths per year” (Information about Influenza). In 1743, Influenza received it’s name by doctors in Europe because they believed that diseases, viruses, and epidemics were influenced by the stars. Be aware because you need to know how it’s transmitted, symptoms, and also treatments to prevent Influenza. Influenza is a very contagious virus that attacks the respiratory

The influenza pandemic of 1918-1919 is still being discussed. In the public health sector it is used as an example of the viruses potential power, if we do not continue to prepare, educate the public and vaccinate on a global scale. Let’s think back to that time were science and technology was not as advanced. Quarantine and isolation measures meant little to no travel, remaining home and less time spent in the public, “diagnosing influenza became even more difficult because an especially virulent

asteroid hitting the Earth. But he placed the likelihood of one such event, above all others, at close to 100 percent and that is a severe flu pandemic. Now,