Wikibooks: Lentis/The U.S. Pandemic Response: Influenza, 1918-1919

• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Subjects: Avian flu
• Online Access: https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Lentis/The_U.S._Pandemic_Response:_Influenza,_1918-1919

TOCright The origins of the influenza of 1918 1919 are unknown. The Avian flu infected one third of the world’s population. It killed 50 million worldwide more than all the soldiers and civilians killed during WW1. The Influenza pandemic is known as the deadliest pandemic of the modern world. https //www.history.com/news/spanish flu No country was safe from it and with the lack of knowledge and technological advances the US was at the mercy of the unification of its people. The influenza pandemic came in three separate waves. The first wave was the least deadly starting in the spring of 1918. Two subsequent waves occurred in the fall of 1918 and the winter/spring of 1919. = Background = The influenza of 1918 had an unusually a high mortality rate among the young. People ages 15 31 who typically are more resistant to illness were the most susceptible to dying from the influenza. Symptoms of the first wave included typical flu symptoms such as sore throats headaches and fevers. The first wave occurred during the first quarter of 1918 and was the least deadly. In 1918 roughly 75 000 flu deaths were recorded. Compare this to the 63 000 flu deaths that occurred during the same time period three years prior. The second wave was much more deadly than the first. In the United States approximately 292 000 flu deaths were recorded in the fall of 1918. https //www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/vsushistorical/mortstatsh 1918.pdf Only 26 000 deaths were recorded during the fall of 1915. The flu would cause patients faces to turn blue and blacken limbs and torsos. Nose and mouth bleeds coughing fits and muscle aches were also common. The cause of death was usually bacterial pneumonia an infection of the lungs. A few hours to days after infection the patient would pass due to fluid filling the lungs. = History = The first recorded case of the influenza in the United States was in Kansas 1918. In the spring of 1918 the US was in the middle of WWI World War 1 (World war 1 ended November 11 1918) Historians say the war allowed the 1918 flu ...