The answer is, in part, that the Spanish-flu pandemic was so braided together with the end of the First World War, which accelerated its spread (most brutally on troopships headed home), that one calamity was buried under another, more photogenic one. The culture of memory of the Great W...
A 101-year-old Italian man born during the Spanish flu pandemic has reportedly survived a coronavirus infection as the outbreak continues to ravage his country and spread globally. Gloria Lisi, the vice mayor of Rimini, a city on the coast of the Adriatic Sea in the Italian ...
However,because Spain wasn't at war with any country, newspapers were free to report the epidemic's(疫情) effects in Spain, such as the serious illness of King Alfonso .These stories created a false impression of Spain as especially hard hit. This gave rise to the name "Spanish flu".二...
Every year, especially during the cold season, many people catch an acute respiratory disease, namely flu. It is easy to catch this disease; therefore, it spreads very rapidly and often becomes an epidemic or a global pandemic. Airway inflammation anEvery year, especially during the cold season...
1918: Spanish flu During the influenza epidemic of 1918, quarantine centers and emergency military hospitals like this one in Camp Funston, Kansas, were constructed at various outposts throughout the U.S. A third of the world's population was infected, and at least 50 million died (675,000...
The Black Deathwas an epidemic of bubonic plague, a disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis that circulates among wild rodents where they live in great numbers and density. When was the Black plague and how many died? It was believed to start in China in 1334, spreading along trade...
Documents Related to the Flu Pandemic of 1918. In the fall of 1918, the world war that had claimed the lives of nearly 16 million people in Europe was nearing its end. But a worldwide epidemic--a pandemic--was replacing it as a major killer. During 1918 and 1919, between 50 and 100...
The State of Maine: Known for its abundance of lobsters, the state of Maine is located in the northeastern corner of the United States. It is bordered by New Hampshire and two provinces of Canada (Quebec and New Brunswick) and covers an area of more than 35,000 square miles. ...
The Spanish Influenza Pandemic of 1918-19: New Perspectives Howard Phillips; David Killingray. Routledge, 2003 Read preview American Pandemic: The Lost Worlds of the 1918 Influenza Epidemic Nancy K. Bristow. Oxford University Press, 2012 Read preview Inclusion: The Politics of Difference in...
BySharyl Attkisson|August 20, 2020 Anna Del Priore of Middletown, New Jersey beat the SpanishFluwhen she was a six year old child, according to the senior center where she now lives. Now, more than 100 years later, she’s also beaten Covid-19. ...