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4 Οκτ 2005 · Read why in the definitive account of the 1918 Flu Epidemic. Magisterial in its breadth of perspective and depth of research, The Great Influenza provides us with a precise and sobering model as we confront the epidemics looming on our own horizon.
- Flu: The Story Of The Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918 and the Search ...
According to this author, the origin of the 1918 flu virus...
- Flu: The Story Of The Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918 and the Search ...
9 Ιαν 2001 · According to this author, the origin of the 1918 flu virus is a still-unsolved medical mystery, as is the mystery of its virulence. A 'normal' flu epidemic kills thousands every year, mainly the elderly, the very young, and the immuno-suppressed. The 1918 virus killed people in their prime.
9 Φεβ 2004 · The 1918 influenza pandemic killed between 21 million (according to a 1927 AMA study) and 100 million people (according to Nobel laureate and influenza researcher Macfarlane Burnet). That meant that about 5% of the population of the world died. It is a terrifying proposition.
In the winter of 1918, at the height of World War I, history’s most lethal influenza virus erupted in an army camp in Kansas, moved east with American troops, then exploded, killing as many as 100 million people worldwide.
11 Ιαν 2018 · Before AIDS or Ebola, there was the Spanish Flu — Catharine Arnold's gripping narrative, Pandemic 1918, marks the 100th anniversary of an epidemic that altered world history. In January 1918, as World War I raged on, a new and terrifying virus began to spread across the globe.
1 Ιαν 2001 · In 1918 the Great Flu Epidemic killed an estimated 40 million people virtually overnight. If such a plague returned today, taking a comparable percentage of the U.S. population with it, 1.5 million Americans would die. The fascinating, true story of the world's deadliest disease.
In 1918, the world faced the deadliest pandemic in human history. What can the story of the so-called Spanish Flu teach us about the fight against present day crises, and how to prepare for future outbreaks?
