The Spanish flu is the colloquial name for the disease that caused the 1918 influenza pandemic. This pandemic affected around 27% of the population of the entire earth and killed up to 100 million people. The Spanish flu was deadly because it quickly caused pneumonia, leading to fatalities for...
The Spanish flu, called so because it famously infected the King of Spain, is a disease caused by Influenza A virus subtype H1N1. The flu infected around 27% of the global population and killed up to 100 million people. The pandemic was quickly forgotten, possibly because the public's ...
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Exhuming the Flu "When asked what was the biggest disaster of the twentieth century, almost nobody answers the Spanish flu," writes Laura Spinney in the first few pages of her book Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How It Changed the World. In a ce... RR Barry - 《Distillation...
The Spanish Flu Was Deadlier Than WWI In the United States, “flu season” generally runs from late fall into spring. In a typical year, more than 200,000 Americans are hospitalized for flu-related complications, and over the past three decades, there have been some 3,000 to 49,000 flu...
苍白的骑士:西班牙流感如何改变了世界 the spanish flu of 1918 and how it changed the world 作者:(英)劳拉·斯宾尼(Laura Spinney)著 ISBN:978-7-5201-8101-3 出版社:社会科学文献出版社 出版时间:2021.04 简介 本书揭示了病毒是如何在全球传播的,它暴露了人类的脆弱,并考验了我们的聪明才智。西班牙大流感...
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One implication was that she was a prostitute, spreading her infection worldwide." The Associated Press, too, has called the common name for the 1918 pandemic unfair. "'Spanish’ flu is a misnomer, and the strain is theorized to have actually developed in Kansas," a 2018 Associated Press ...
world has experienced repeatedly in the past, from the Justinian plague to the Black Death and the Spanish flu. Though the risk of a pandemic in any given year is estimated to be quite low based on past frequency, they can have dramatic and transformative effects on the economy and society...