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Spanish flu most underrated story of century
Posted on 9/28/18 at 11:22 pm
Posted on 9/28/18 at 11:22 pm
This is the hundredth anniversary of the 1918 Spanish flu. Imagine today if a thousand people in one city died every day. And because of people working towards the WWI effort families shared rooms and lived in shifts as they worked in shifts and just put dead family members in the corner to be picked up later. But there were not enough medical people or people to bury the dead because they were also sick.
And you could not read about it in the newspaper because Woodrow Wilson enacted a stiff penalty for any news that was negative during the war effort.
About 10% of the worlds population died because of this. Scores of man on their way to and from the European battlefields were thrown overboard because they died of the flu
And you could not read about it in the newspaper because Woodrow Wilson enacted a stiff penalty for any news that was negative during the war effort.
About 10% of the worlds population died because of this. Scores of man on their way to and from the European battlefields were thrown overboard because they died of the flu
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Posted on 9/28/18 at 11:31 pm to Morty
My great grandfather died of the flu during WWI. Contracted it on the boat to Europe right after basic training. Died right after arriving in Europe. The last picture we have is his military picture in his new uniform.
Posted on 9/28/18 at 11:35 pm to Morty
Only reason it’s called the Spanish Flu was Spain not being involved in the war. As a result they were the only ones accurately reporting the deaths (over nations buried the story because it would hurt the war effort) so as a result people thought Spain had it much worse than other nations. In reality people were dying all over the place.
Posted on 9/28/18 at 11:39 pm to Morty
quote:it was 3-5%, which is still very high.
About 10% of the worlds population died because of this.
Posted on 9/29/18 at 9:29 am to Morty
The dip in US life expectancy was significantly impacted, as illustrated by the graphs below. That dip you see is a direct result of the Spanish Flu with WW1 playing a role as well.
This post was edited on 9/29/18 at 9:43 am
Posted on 9/29/18 at 9:31 am to Morty
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Imagine today if a thousand people in one city died every day.
quote:Chicago?
And you could not read about it in the newspaper
Posted on 9/29/18 at 9:31 am to mdomingue
How do we unleash this in DC?
Posted on 9/29/18 at 9:32 am to Morty
Does that flu strain still exist today?
Posted on 9/29/18 at 9:34 am to Morty
quote:Side note, lmao that people think Trump is a threat to the free press. Tyrannical leftism hasn't changed since the days of Wilson.
Woodrow Wilson enacted a stiff penalty for any news that was negative during the war effort.
This post was edited on 9/29/18 at 9:36 am
Posted on 9/29/18 at 9:43 am to Meauxjeaux
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How do we unleash this in DC?
Posted on 9/29/18 at 9:57 am to Crow Pie
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Does that flu strain still exist today?
It is an H1N1 strain. The flu pandemic in 2009 was an H1N1 strain outbreak, so are at least one Swine Flu strain and Avian Flu. The Spanish flu and the 2009 flu strains seem to cause an immune system over response which increases the severity in young otherwise healthy people who contract this flu.
The Spanish Flu outbreak was worsened by conditions at large due to WW1 like malnutrition and less than sanitary living conditions. The likely epicenter of the outbreak was actually Kansas, spread worldwide by travelling US troops.
Posted on 9/29/18 at 10:25 am to Morty
They were Mexicans. No one cares.
Posted on 9/29/18 at 10:26 am to mdomingue
There was an army unit stationed at Ft Sill OK that was about to leave for Europe. The flu killed or sickened so many men that the battalion was rendered combat ineffectivee before ever leaving tbe US. Of someghing like 900 or 1000, only ~300 were on their feet.
Posted on 9/29/18 at 10:32 am to Crow Pie
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Does that flu strain still exist today
I read a book about medical researchers who dug up Alaskans natives who died in 1918-20 and buried in permafrost to try to extract lung tissue. They were able to collect some of the virus. It was an interesting book. I want to say it was titled 'Influenza", but it has been years since I read it.
Posted on 9/29/18 at 10:34 am to Morty
Didn't it originate on a pig farm in Kansas?
Posted on 9/29/18 at 12:32 pm to White Roach
That theory about Kansas is about his closest people can come to agreement on where it began. The fact that it happened during the world war is what made it spread so quickly especially in the United States with men coming from all over the country to live in such close quarters. Country and city people coming together with different levels of immunity
Woodrow Wilson was depicted as this benevolent pacifist because his is initial desire to keep us out of the war and then starting the league of Nations. But once we got into the war he was vicious. Like a switch went off on him. Never really read about that side of him
Woodrow Wilson was depicted as this benevolent pacifist because his is initial desire to keep us out of the war and then starting the league of Nations. But once we got into the war he was vicious. Like a switch went off on him. Never really read about that side of him
This post was edited on 9/29/18 at 12:35 pm
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