The Spanish Flu was a world wide epidemic that took the lives of an estimated 50 to 100 million lives between 1918 and 1920. It has been recorded as the most devastating outbreak in world history. The disease first appeared in Fort Riley Kansas on March 11‚ 1918 when an Army private reported to the camp hospital with complaints of a fever‚ sore throat and headache. By noon that day the hospital had treated over 100 sick soldiers with similar symptoms and 500 more by the end of that week. Initially
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that causes pain‚ dysfunction‚ distress‚ social problem‚ or death to person afflicted‚ or similar problems for those in contact with the person. A pandemic is an epidemic of infectious disease that has spread though human populations across a large region. In Europe history‚ epidemical viruses caused thousands of death. There have been many pandemic disaster in Europe history. Most of them are believed came with domestication of animals. As a result of this there have been significant epidemics
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going to persuade you to get a Flu vaccination. I recently got a job working at Walgreens Pharmacy. Every day that I work I see people coming in to pick up their prescriptions that don’t look like the feel very great‚ with a tissue in one hand and their money in the other. No one wants to be sick‚ it’s not fun and it makes you feel like crap and you get absolutely nothing done. So it would only make sense if everyone was taking the precautionary measure in getting a flu shot. People should be lining
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Garcia 1 Pandemics All Around the World: Emergence and Devastation Many people today wonder when‚ where‚ why‚ and how pandemics occur. Some people do not have any knowledge about pandemics. “According to the World Health Organization (WHO‚ several factors must be present to be considered a pandemic. First‚ the disease must have never appeared before within a population; second‚ the agent that carries the disease—like a fly‚ bacteria‚ air‚ or water—infects one person‚ causing serious illness;
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oxygen to all parts of the body. The respiratory system does this through breathing. What is influenza? According to CDC‚ “Influenza is a viral infection that attacks your respiratory system — your nose‚ throat and lungs. Influenza‚ commonly called the flu.” The term Influenza comes from the Latin word "influentia"‚ first used by the Italians in the 1600’s. Influenza is a contagious respiratory illness caused by influenza viruses. There are several ways a person can get infected with influenza. The most
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The Spanish flu of 1918-1919 was the worst global disaster in the American history‚ it killed more people in one year than twenty four years of AIDS from 1980 to 2004. The Spanish flu was an infectious disease caused by the (H1N1) virus. The pandemic led to important developments in medicine‚ for example the efficiency of vaccinations. This research essay will firstly consider the epidemiology of the Spanish flu in the united states between 1918 and 1919‚ then it will examine its treatment and prevention
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Flu. By Gina Kolata. New York‚ NY: Touchstone. 1999. pp. 1 to 306. As is summarized on the front cover of the book‚ Flu by Gina Kolata is a book describing the “Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918”. The book starts out with a quote from a molecular pathologist that definitely grabs the reader’s attention. Kolata continues throughout the first chapter describing the virus as a notorious and mysterious murderer‚ turning the masses into victims. Kolata’s writing style is very interesting; she seems
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starting August‚ year after year signs with messages displaying flu shot information are almost everywhere we turn. Children‚ health care workers and the immune deficient men‚ women and children are urged to be immunized. Article released September 27‚ 2013 on Government News Networks talks about Governor Pat Quinn rolling up his sleeve and setting a perfect example in Illinois how everyone should get vaccinated for flu this year and to protect our loved ones as well. The Article introduces
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inform my audience about the Swine Flu of 2009. Central Idea: According to the World Health Organization (WHO)‚ worldwide more than 213 countries and overseas territories or communities had confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 also known as “swine flu” in 2009‚ including at least 16‚455 deaths. Right here at home in the United States from April 15‚ 2009 to July 24‚ 2009‚ states reported a total of 43‚771 confirmed and probable cases of influenza H1N1 infection. Of these cases reported
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The Spanish Flu was the most devastating pandemic our world has ever seen. Even though few medical records exist‚ historians believe that 20 – 100 million people were killed by this flu. Despite the number of deaths and the severity and geographic reach of this disease‚ it merits little attention in the history books. Today one of our greatest medical threats is AIDS. The Spanish Flu is exponential compared to AIDS casualties (Gloria). The Spanish Flu of 1918-19 affected our world like no other disease
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