The Influenza Epidemic of 1918

World War I robbed about 16 million people. About 50 million people died due to the influenza epidemic that swept the world in 1918. One fifth of the world's population is attacked by this deadly virus. In a few months it recorded more deaths in history than any other disease

The plague occurs in two stages. In the late spring of 1918, the first stage was called "three days fever", and there was no warning. According to the report, few people died. A few days later, the victim recovered. The situation was much more serious when the disease reappeared. Scientists, doctors, and health authorities can not identify diseases, it is very fast, very bad, incurable, and ignores control. Several victims died within the first few hours of symptoms. A few days later, others died, their lungs were filled with liquid and died by asphyxiation.

Pest is not discriminatory. Urban and rural areas range from the dense east coast to the most remote part of Alaska. In general, young people not suffering from these types of infections are the most affected group of elderly and infants. Influenza suffers more than 25% of the US population. In one year, the average life expectancy of the United States has decreased by 12 years.

The influenza epidemic of 1918 was ignored in American history education, but this is a strange history. As selected records from the National Archives Regional Archives collection, the record of this disease is sufficient. Displaying these documents will help trends become a major disaster of world history

Between 1918 and 1919 there was no epidemic that robbed more lives than Spain's influenza epidemic. At least 40 million people have died worldwide (due to fatal illnesses struck the streets (the total death toll is estimated to be close to 70 million people). In newspaper coverage for the first time, it is uncomfortable It explains those who died within a few hours of becoming adults, adults under the age of 50 have the highest mortality and are particularly vulnerable to severe diseases caused by influenza virus for unknown reasons. In the beginning, the first case of heterologous influenza occurred in the US military camp in Kansas State, the authorities reported numerous cases from Europe in the spring of that year, but influenza is not considered to be particularly dangerous However, the influenza became more deadly at the end of summer.In a short time the waves of infection will spread among towns, countries, and continents, overwhelming hospitals, and medical staff It has expanded.

The influenza epidemic of 1918 was the epidemic of influenza in 1918, one of the most devastating epidemics in American history. 25% of Americans are infected and 500,000 have died (Schoch-Spana 2001, S32). The name "Spanish flu" was not attributed to its origins, but it occurred because epidemics received a lot of publicity in Spain Spain did not participate in the First World War (Schoch) Unfixed news country is. - Spana 2000, 1410). It is not certain where the first occurrence occurred, but according to most sources, it occurred in the US in the spring of 1918. The disease was most common at the end of the First World War. Originally spread through the US military carried to the Allied Forces Front. By the end of 1918, the Spanish influenza spread from a densely populated cultural center to six continents, and a remote island (Vaughan 1920).