The Living Rainforest: 1912 Flu Epidemic

Friday, November 1, 2019

1912 Flu Epidemic

Due to the large time spans the first plague pandemic 6th century8th century and the second plague pandemic 14th centuryearly 19th century are shown by individual outbreaks such as the Plague of Justinian first pandemic and the Black Death second pandemic. Although there is not universal consensus regarding where the virus originated it spread worldwide during 1918-1919.

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1912 flu epidemic. Red Cross workers make anti-influenza masks for soldiers Boston Massachusetts. It infected about 500 million people and killed at. In December epidemic influenza became established over the whole of Europe along the Mediterranean in Egypt and over a large area in the United States.

The Asian flu was a category 2 flu pandemic outbreak of avian influenza that originated in China in early 1956 lasting until 1958. A second wave of influenza viruses is. People were getting sick and dying in the prime of their lives.

The pandemic occurred in three waves though not simultaneously around the globe. Learn about the origins spread and impact of the influenza pandemic of 191819. This contagious disease had origins in China but was called the Spanish flu because it had raged in Spain before spreading to other countries in Europe and the United States.

It was caused by an H1N1 virus with genes of avian origin. That pandemic was the deadliest in the 20th century. Naturally during our pandemic we seek to understand more about past pandemics but the example of the 1918 Flu Pandemic is quite an extreme one.

A plague epidemic raged in Augsburg Bavaria between 1632 and 1635. The 1918 influenza pandemic was the most severe pandemic in recent history. The 1918 Flu Pandemic also known as the Spanish Flu a misleading name since it most likely started in Kansas was one of the most deadly pandemics ever to strike humankind.

The conditions of World War I overcrowding and global troop movement helped the 1918 flu spread. An influenza epidemic struck the East Coast of the United States in September 1918 lasting for several months. The outbreak was caused by influenza type A subtype H1N1 virus.

Take for example the flu pandemic of 1918-1919. It originated from a mutation in wild ducks combining with a pre-existing human strain. In the United States it was first identified in military personnel in spring 1918.

It appeared in several towns in England beginning with Portsmouth but did not become generally epidemic until the commencement of. The Spanish flu pandemic of 1918 the deadliest in history infected an estimated 500 million people worldwideabout one-third of the planets populationand killed an estimated 20 million. Young adults usually unaffected by these types of infectious diseases were among the hardest hit groups along with the elderly and young children.

THE SPANISH FLU EPIDEMIC CLAIMS MILLIONS OF LIVES. Influenza pandemic of 191819 the most severe influenza outbreak of the 20th century and among the most devastating pandemics in human history. Story continues below advertisement.

The virus was first identified in Guizhou. Courtesy of the National Museum of Health and Medicine Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Washington DC. The influenza pandemic of 191819 also called the Spanish flu lasted between one and two years.

National Archives Identifier 45499341 Before COVID-19 the most severe pandemic in recent history was the 1918 influenza virus often called the Spanish Flu The virus infected roughly 500 million peopleone-third of the worlds populationand caused 50 million deaths worldwide double the. In the United States where it ultimately killed around 675000. As many as 8 to 10 percent of all young adults then.

Then infected soldiers likely carried influenza from Funston to other Army camps in the States24 of 36 large camps had outbreakssickening tens of thousands before. It was rampant in urban and rural areas from the densely populated East coast to the remotest parts of Alaska. The influenza pandemic of 1918 and 1919 was the most deadly flu outbreak in history killing up to 50 million people worldwide.

The flu epidemic appeared to be over in December but many places saw a second wave of the epidemic in January and February of 1958. The vulnerability of healthy young adults and the lack of vaccines and treatments created a major public health crisis causing at least 50 million deaths worldwide including approximately 675000 in. Symptoms included sneezing runny nose chills high.

According to the CDC an estimated 500 million people or 13rd of the worlds population caught the virus during the pandemic and between 50 million and 100 million people were killed.

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