Flu Pandemic of 1918

3/23/2020

If you have any comments or questions regarding the 1918 Flu Pandemic lesson I provided, here is the place. Obviously LOTS of parallels in our current situation just over a century later.

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5 Comments

Karem Sherlyn Alondra Perez Ortiz

4/24/2020 02:32:59 am

The flu pandemic of 1918 was the influenza, correct? What I don´t understand is that it is as if they were speaking about different viruses, like waves? How did it end? Was it by just finding the vaccine?

Sherer

4/24/2020 12:43:54 pm

Can you believe, with all the RELEVANCE, you and I are the only ones selecting to learn about this incredibly relevant issue! Viruses mutate so there is always going to be different "versions." Additionally, if you checkout the links provided, much like our Corona, there are going to be return waves, especially during the fall and winter. Eventually, I believe it was available for the military in '45 and civilians a year or so later, a vaccine was created. Flu shot!

Karem Sherlyn Alondra Perez Ortiz

4/25/2020 02:41:21 am

Thank you for explaining. I did check the links but I guess my brain did not get the grasp of the concept. I know the vaccines at the end ended it, but at first they did not have the tools to investigate, correct? My inquiry now is why were they waves? Like would a virus not spread and yes mutate, but it would not vanish because they had no method and various erroneous ways to avoid it, as well as many people working? Or the waves are is simply a name for when the virus mutates and causes more deaths than before, and there was no moment of rest? What I mean is that the peak of deaths are waves for when the virus mutated? When did the phneunomia appear? Forgive me for all the questions.

Dario

4/24/2020 08:00:59 pm

Was this Flu of 1918 more deadly and contagious than the Corona Virus? and if so by how much or how less?

Sherer

4/28/2020 07:20:13 am

If only there were a way to, like, get those answers from, like research on the interwebs or, more efficiently, using the info I provided! Don't get lazy Dario. If you are hungry enough to ask the question, see it through to the end.

Flu Pandemic of 1918

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