Essay On Spanish Influenza
BACKGROUND:
A pandemic;(of a disease) prevalent throughout an entire country, continent or is universal. (dictionary.com) The Spanish Influenza is a flu; which is a respiratory infection and attacks the body without warning. It has no place of origin and became a global pandemic in a span of a couple of months in North America, Brazil, Asia, Europe, India, Africa, and Taubenberger in the South Pacific. The 1918-1919 Spanish influenza name was established consequently because of the massive deaths in Spain where the flu had struck first, was known as the most devastating pandemic in history.
The general flu season is late fall to spring. Additionally, the epidemic began in 1918 and had three terrifying waves. In the Spring of 1918 the Spanish …show more content…
wire news Service Agencia Fabria had sent cables to Reuters news service headquarters in London stating;” A strange form of disease of epidemic character has appeared in Madrid.” “The epidemic is of wild nature and no deaths have been reported.”(pbs.orgl) Millions were infected, healthy adults and young children were oddly prone to catching the disease. There was no successful antiviral, drug, or vaccine at the time nor is there a fully effective vaccine today. Doctors recommend drinking lots of liquid, being well rested, and taking over-the-counter medications.
BODY OF PAPER
The Spanish Influenza wiped entire families leaving behind orphans and multiple windows.
40% of the U.S. was struck with the flu and 36% became sick. When people contract a standard flu, young children, elders, and people with weak immune systems. During this influenza time periods, elders over 65, pregnant women, children, and people with specific medical conditions, such as asthma, diabetes, heart disease, were prone to get the virus. Symptoms of the flu consist of a runny nose, sneezing, and a sore throat, headaches, tiredness, dry cough, sore throat, congestion, and body aches.
During the first wave, the symptoms were mild. The infected contracted fever, chills, fatigue, and recovered in a matter of days. Deaths were also low. In addition to the first symptoms, the flu was contagious through sneezing, and simple talking. Respiratory droplets are transmitted into the air and easily contracted by anyone who passed through the droplets. Various victims had experienced pneumonia due to the virus entering over all their lungs and made the virus a dangerous killer. Other ways it spread was through shipping lines and trade routes. This mutated flu had diminished average life spans in the U.S by 10-12 years of how severely everyone was
affected.
The mild first wave took place in Kansas during early spring 1918 on military camps. Journalist Gina Kolata reported more U.S. soldiers were deceased from the virus alone than soldiers killed during WWI. The war left the U.S. depleted of Physicians. The only available medical personnel, had contracted the flu, leaving patients to die in a rapid pace.
The second wave returned with vengeance. In a few hours- days people’s skin turned blue and their lungs drowned with fluid causing suffocation.
A pandemic;(of a disease) prevalent throughout an entire country, continent or is universal. (dictionary.com) The Spanish Influenza is a flu; which is a respiratory infection and attacks the body without warning. It has no place of origin and became a global pandemic in a span of a couple of months in North America, Brazil, Asia, Europe, India, Africa, and Taubenberger in the South Pacific. The 1918-1919 Spanish influenza name was established consequently because of the massive deaths in Spain where the flu had struck first, was known as the most devastating pandemic in history.
The general flu season is late fall to spring. Additionally, the epidemic began in 1918 and had three terrifying waves. In the Spring of 1918 the Spanish …show more content…
wire news Service Agencia Fabria had sent cables to Reuters news service headquarters in London stating;” A strange form of disease of epidemic character has appeared in Madrid.” “The epidemic is of wild nature and no deaths have been reported.”(pbs.orgl) Millions were infected, healthy adults and young children were oddly prone to catching the disease. There was no successful antiviral, drug, or vaccine at the time nor is there a fully effective vaccine today. Doctors recommend drinking lots of liquid, being well rested, and taking over-the-counter medications.
BODY OF PAPER
The Spanish Influenza wiped entire families leaving behind orphans and multiple windows.
40% of the U.S. was struck with the flu and 36% became sick. When people contract a standard flu, young children, elders, and people with weak immune systems. During this influenza time periods, elders over 65, pregnant women, children, and people with specific medical conditions, such as asthma, diabetes, heart disease, were prone to get the virus. Symptoms of the flu consist of a runny nose, sneezing, and a sore throat, headaches, tiredness, dry cough, sore throat, congestion, and body aches.
During the first wave, the symptoms were mild. The infected contracted fever, chills, fatigue, and recovered in a matter of days. Deaths were also low. In addition to the first symptoms, the flu was contagious through sneezing, and simple talking. Respiratory droplets are transmitted into the air and easily contracted by anyone who passed through the droplets. Various victims had experienced pneumonia due to the virus entering over all their lungs and made the virus a dangerous killer. Other ways it spread was through shipping lines and trade routes. This mutated flu had diminished average life spans in the U.S by 10-12 years of how severely everyone was
affected.
The mild first wave took place in Kansas during early spring 1918 on military camps. Journalist Gina Kolata reported more U.S. soldiers were deceased from the virus alone than soldiers killed during WWI. The war left the U.S. depleted of Physicians. The only available medical personnel, had contracted the flu, leaving patients to die in a rapid pace.
The second wave returned with vengeance. In a few hours- days people’s skin turned blue and their lungs drowned with fluid causing suffocation.