A Centennial Of Death The Great Influenza Pandemic Of 1918 The New The 1918–1920 flu pandemic, also known as the great influenza epidemic or by the common misnomer spanish flu, was an exceptionally deadly global influenza pandemic caused by the h1n1 subtype of the influenza a virus. the earliest documented case was march 1918 in the state of kansas in the united states, with further cases recorded in france. The spanish flu pandemic of 1918 1919 was the deadliest pandemic in world history, infecting some 500 million people across the globe—roughly one third of the population—and causing up to 50.
What New York Looked Like During The 1918 Flu Pandemic The New York Times The pandemic occurred in three waves. the first apparently originated in early march 1918, during world war i. although it remains uncertain where the virus first emerged, it quickly spread through western europe, and by july it had spread to poland. the first wave of influenza was comparatively mild. Before covid 19, the most severe pandemic in recent history was the 1918 influenza virus, often called “the spanish flu.”. the virus infected roughly 500 million people—one third of the world’s population—and caused 50 million deaths worldwide (double the number of deaths in world war i). in the united states, a quarter of the. Here are 5 things you should know about the 1918 pandemic and why it matters 100 years later. 1. the 1918 flu virus spread quickly. 500 million people were estimated to have been infected by the 1918 h1n1 flu virus. at least 50 million people were killed around the world including an estimated 675,000 americans. The influenza pandemic of 1918 1919 killed more people than the great war, known today as world war i (wwi), at somewhere between 20 and 40 million people. it has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in recorded world history. more people died of influenza in a single year than in four years of the black death bubonic plague from 1347 to.
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