History: The Spanish Flu Pandemic
Spanish Flu
The Spanish Flu, also known as the 1918 Flu Pandemic, continued for almost a year starting in March of 1918 and lasted until January 1919. This flu had a major impact on millions of people worldwide. About one third of the world population, 500 million people, were infected. It is until this day that historians still do not know the exact number of victims that died, but is estimated to be about 20-50 million people. The 1918 Flu Pandemic was a deadly disease that attacked many people in a short amount of time. The virus responsible for this event in history is called the influenza A (H1N1) virus. This was the first of the two pandemics involving the virus. It is observed that the virus was first spread by the soldiers who were coming home from the trenches in northern France. The 1918-1919 influenza pandemic is until this day considered a global disaster. …show more content…
Soldiers were first exposed to this influenza. At first, the soldiers were just experiencing small symptoms like sore throats, headaches, and loss of appetite and recovery was at the most a period of three days. As the soldiers were returning home from the battlefield, they spread the virus through train stations. It continued spreading from there, leaving everyone with a chance of catching it. Mostly young and healthy adults between the age of 20-30 were struck by the disease, which progressed very quickly. Those who were perfectly well and healthy one day, were dead the other because of how fast the virus spread. Only one region, an island called Marajo, located in Brazil’s Amazon River Delta was not affected by the spanish flu. The main reason for the flu not reaching the island is because the Marajo was an isolated island, without anyone being able to enter to cause spreading of the
The Spanish Flu, also known as the 1918 Flu Pandemic, continued for almost a year starting in March of 1918 and lasted until January 1919. This flu had a major impact on millions of people worldwide. About one third of the world population, 500 million people, were infected. It is until this day that historians still do not know the exact number of victims that died, but is estimated to be about 20-50 million people. The 1918 Flu Pandemic was a deadly disease that attacked many people in a short amount of time. The virus responsible for this event in history is called the influenza A (H1N1) virus. This was the first of the two pandemics involving the virus. It is observed that the virus was first spread by the soldiers who were coming home from the trenches in northern France. The 1918-1919 influenza pandemic is until this day considered a global disaster. …show more content…
Soldiers were first exposed to this influenza. At first, the soldiers were just experiencing small symptoms like sore throats, headaches, and loss of appetite and recovery was at the most a period of three days. As the soldiers were returning home from the battlefield, they spread the virus through train stations. It continued spreading from there, leaving everyone with a chance of catching it. Mostly young and healthy adults between the age of 20-30 were struck by the disease, which progressed very quickly. Those who were perfectly well and healthy one day, were dead the other because of how fast the virus spread. Only one region, an island called Marajo, located in Brazil’s Amazon River Delta was not affected by the spanish flu. The main reason for the flu not reaching the island is because the Marajo was an isolated island, without anyone being able to enter to cause spreading of the