In 1918, the US and Canada were devastated by an epidemic of the flu. However, this was a particularly dangerous form of the flu that killed large portions of the population. At the time, this was far more important than Woodrow Wilson's Crusade to Spread "Democracy" that led to the rise of Hitler and Stalin (also known as WWI and the "Great" War).
However, it is forgotten shortly afterward and is not ever brought up
Could this be because people back in the early 1920s were in denial and simply decided to forget the awful Flu epidemic?
2007-09-25 20:39:42 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
it was never ignored . My son wa taught about the epidemic in 7th grade , so was I when I was in that grade . Also , what would you think you would be doing now if Hitler an Stalin WAS ignored ? Read your history , pay close attention . My Grandparents lived through all the epidemics and wars . They are gone now , but to my Grandparents war was worse than the flu epidemic . Some people just didn't listen and continued to spread the disease , ignoring doctors and the police . With war men went knowing they might not come back . My Grandmothers oldest son didn't
2007-10-02 23:50:45 · answer #1 · answered by vpsinbad50 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No the Flu of 1918 is well documented and well know. Woodrow Wilson also had nothing to do with the rise of Stalin or Hitler. Stalin was a warlord who assasinated the Royal Family of Russian who were friends with the US, who never pressure the Czar to creat a democracy. Hitler came to power in Germany because the Germans elected him because Germany was a Democracy at the time. Did you go to school in Iran?
2007-10-03 20:07:28 · answer #2 · answered by spider 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-05 09:22:13 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Where have you been? When they mention the new Bird Flu they refer to 1918 flu epidemic.
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2007-09-25 20:47:44 · answer #4 · answered by The Mad Doctor ™ 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It sure wasn't forgotten by people who lived though it. I heard about it from older people for many years. It was world-wide and the best that we can hope for is that the strain of this virus does not emerge again.
2007-09-25 20:46:14 · answer #5 · answered by Gerald G 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It has not been ignored. This world-wide epidemic killed more people than WWI.
2007-09-25 21:34:55 · answer #6 · answered by rdenig_male 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You must be joking. There was never a flu epidemic in 1918. If there was, the history books surely would have mentioned it, at least in passing. You are some sort of communist, conspiracy theorist. You need to go to re-education camp.
2007-09-25 20:51:14 · answer #7 · answered by smokey virginia 3 · 0⤊ 5⤋
the vaccine caused the flu epidemic.
http://www.ymlp.com/pubarchive_show_message.php?jham+423
2007-09-25 20:52:43 · answer #8 · answered by Gladys C 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Um, because everyone has gotten over it by now????
2007-09-25 22:11:36 · answer #9 · answered by Baron_von_Party 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋