War and Influenza Epidemic

A view from the Chelsea naval hospital in Boston on September 12, 1918 Dear diary, the fury of the great war. The influenza epidemics deprived some Americans of their lives. But the Boston Red Sox did it again. Last night at the Fenway Park, the Boston Red Sox won the fifth World Series title by breaking the Chicago Cubs 2-1 (thanks to the three batters of Kalmes). The reason is ... 1918 Baby Ruth and Red Sox. Even if I die today, at least I live watching Sox win.

At the end of World War I near the century, more people than the number of people killed in the "War of All Wars" died from the Spanish flu between 20 million and 40 million -. The influenza epidemic is the most deadly disease ever. Yes, it is a plague of black death disease over the 14th century. Birth women and future pregnancies are considered to be in danger; there is a connection between the infected mother and the baby with an abnormal head and brain at birth. In Latin America and the Caribbean, the next generation is threatened and the government recommends delaying pregnancy. Reexamination of abortion policy

Influenza: Several influenza epidemics in the 20th century caused millions of deaths worldwide, including the most serious epidemic in American history In 1918, the outbreak of influenza in Spain was 500,000 I killed more. Today, influenza is no longer a public health threat, but it is still a serious disease affecting many people. About 20,000 people die each year from influenza. Influenza virus attacks the human respiratory tract and causes fever, headache, fatigue, cough, sore throat, stuffy nose, body pain.

The influenza epidemic of 1918 was the epidemic of influenza in 1918, one of the most devastating epidemics of American history. 25% of Americans are infected and 500,000 people die (Schoch-Spana 2001, S32). The name "Spanish flu" was not attributed to its origins, but occurred because trends received a lot of publicity in Spain Spain is an unmodified news country that did not participate in the First World War - Spana 2000, 1410). I do not know where the first occurrence occurred, but according to most sources, it occurred in the US in the spring of 1918. This disease was most common at the end of the First World War. It spread through the American army originally brought to the Allied Front. By the end of 1918, the Spanish influenza spread from densely populated cultural centers to islands that straddled across six continents (Vaughan 1920).