Desiree Iwinski P-5 Global Studies Spanish Flu Pandemic of 1918 During the 1918 year period in America ‚ a majority of people were financially well off and spent most of their time going to the movies‚ roller skating‚ dancing‚ and playing pool. Theater was starting to lose popularity was it was still a good competitor for Hollywood. The celebrities from the black and white silent films were just as popular as current actors and actresses. Having large amounts of people gather together for these
Premium Influenza Influenza pandemic Pandemic
2017 The Spanish Flu The Spanish Flu‚ or otherwise known as “La Grippe”‚ is known as the most fatal pandemic in the world’s history‚ affecting around 500 million people worldwide from 1918 to 1919. It had a huge toll on not just population‚ but health concerning all people. This outbreak was considered to be a global disaster‚ as it had a major impact across the nation during this time. The influenza is an extremely contagious virus that affects the respiratory system. A flu pandemic arises through
Premium Black Death Bubonic plague Plague
to handle a major epidemic/pandemic outbreak? My husband and I were watching a movie on HBO called Contagion and we started to debate on whether this incident could happen and how bad would the outcome be. I started to look into major epidemic/pandemics in US history and found a few (The Great Influenza of 1919‚ Smallpox against Native Americans‚ Polio in 1916‚ and the most recent Swine Flu outbreak of 2009). The question is what have we learned from these outbreaks and can we handle them if one
Free Influenza Pandemic
that emerged in 2009 was unexpected and sent shockwaves across the globe as it came many years after the worldwide flu pandemics occurring in 1918‚ 1957‚ and 1986. This new pandemic spiraled out of control unexpectedly causing the World Health Organization (WHO) to call it the first pandemic of the 21st century‚ due to many outbreaks across the globe (Bartolotti‚ R. 2012). The objective of this paper is to focus on the information and to clearly establish all measures of the outbreak‚ pathogenesis
Premium Influenza
Abstract In 1918‚ the world experienced its most deadly modern pandemic‚ the H1N1 influenza virus named the Spanish Flu. Killing between 20 and 40 million people worldwide‚ the pandemic has not since been repeated on such a large scale. This paper provides a background of the 1918 virus and its effects followed by an examination of the danger represented by the H5N1 Avian Flu virus of 1997. Finally‚ it discusses the potential international economic impact of a modern pandemic like the Spanish Flu‚ should
Premium Influenza Pandemic Influenza pandemic
In my personal option when people walked down any given street in the year 1918 between the months of June and December‚ I’m sure one would have taken notice to the coffins that lined the sidewalks. Nobody was on the streets‚ and dead bodies were stuffed into every available space. The Flu Epidemic not only was the most devastating event of the twentieth century but the most deadliest. In the ten months 675‚000 Americans died of influenza and pneumonia. When compared to the number of Americans killed
Free Influenza Pandemic World War II
Page Shauna Farmer The Influenza Pandemic of 1918 The history and social impact of the Influenza pandemic of 1918-1920 brought awareness and valuable information about how such a disease is spread and the care needed to survive the "flu” but at the cost of over one third of the world population‚ 20-40 million deaths worldwide. The United States accounted for 675‚000 to 1 million of total deaths. This pandemic was known as the "Spanish flu" or "La Grippe" and killed more people in
Premium Influenza Pandemic
The Pandemic of 1918 caused many problems for the people involved‚ and created a new way of living. What factors and worldwide effects occurred due to the Pandemic of 1918? By digging up bodies‚ we can further examine how it entered the body and how it affected their bodies. The Pandemic of 1918 caused many problems for the people involved‚ and created a new way of living. The first wave occurred in the spring and wasn’t very bad. It generally hit young healthy people. You had the typical flu symptoms
Premium Infectious disease Pandemic Influenza
Scared to Death During the latter part of the year in Massachusetts‚ 1918‚ all hell broke loose. Jane Brox‚ the author of the devastating essay “Influenza 1918‚” describes the influenza that happened in her hometown before she was born as she states “the flu cut right through‚ spreading ahead of its own rumors‚ passing on a handshake and on the wind and with the lightest kiss.” (Brox 80). The flu was airborne and unstoppable. Deadly‚ the small hospitals began to fill up with patients sickened and
Premium World War II World War I Influenza
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
Premium Influenza Pandemic Infectious disease