1918 flu virus?

Question

hello,
the other day at school, i saw a video about the 1918 flu virus. i thought it was interesting and i couldnt bleave that i hadnt heard about it after how many people it killed! can you all send me some info about it. and please no WIKIPEDIA- i already read it lol! Thanks!

Answer 1

Wasn't that actually the Spanish flu or something? It was called the Spanish flu because the government here was trying to cover it up, so as not to cause widespread panic, but the media in Spain had no such restrictions, and was able to go in depth with information for the population. And the term "living room" actually came from that disease as well. Because so many people were dying, there was a separate room used to view the dead called a death room or something like that, and when the government believed that the epidemic was at it's end, a nationwide speech was made, saying that because no one else was to die, the room should be called the living room.... actually all very fascinating. Well, have an awesome day!! :)

Answer 2

I know there is a Nova on the 1918 flu. There are books and there are websites other then wikipedia about this. Just type in Spanish Flu. I have read quite a bit. Some believe it actaully started here and was taken to Europe by our troops. But they asked the Europeans what we should do becuase it hit over there bad first. They said start digging graves. I read about people getting the flu and dying within hours. It is just a matter of time until another flu pandemic hits. It peetered out right around the time world war 1 ended. But there are many resources on the SPANISH flu. Try searching on that.
I will tell you a interesting story. I was on a trip in Oklahoma and we went into a grave yard to see some grave markers of relatives. This was a really old graveyard. I saw many grave markers where both people had died like days apart in 1918. I am sure they were victims of the Spanish flu.

Answer 3

There are a few excellent recent books on the 1918 flu, including Barry's THE GREAT INFLUENZA (2004), Kolata's FLU (2001) and Crosby's AMERICA'S FORGOTTEN PANDEMIC (2001). Here's a great web resource from Stanford U: http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/

Answer 4

i does no longer hassle a lot. i really doubt that this is the reason we've the swine flu as we talk. boy i allow you to already know between the information and human beings all people interior the international is going to die. i do no longer imagine this flu is worse than the different flu. in case you experience badly, and performance the indicators, call the well being care specialist and be conscious what he says.

Answer 5

the us currently cites that event as possibly recurring, it is a great concern. i belive 20 million world wide died, ti was horrible. there was also a terrible small pox epidemic in teh us in the late 1700s, 1778? maybe? there is a wonderful book called pox americana written by Finn i believe.

Answer 6

You probably hadn't heard of it because a lot of people didn't/don't talk about it much (probably because it was so bad and sad memories). I didn't even know that my fathers parents died of it when he was a baby, until after he died a few years ago. So, about all I know about it is what I've read.
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Answer 7

http://www.stanford.edu/group/virus/uda/

http://www.nature.com/news/2007/070115/full/445237a.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/5385894.stm