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THE 1918 SPANISH FLU. ENDEMIC, PANDEMIC or EPIDEMIC?. LARGE CLUSTER OF DISEASE FOUND REGIONALLY. LARGE CLUSTER OF DISEASE IN LOTS OF COUNTRIES; GLOBAL. NORMAL DISEASE FOUND FROM YEAR TO YEAR. Spanish Flu Details. When = Occurred in 1918 Cause = H1N1 virus
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ENDEMIC, PANDEMIC or EPIDEMIC? LARGE CLUSTER OF DISEASE FOUND REGIONALLY LARGE CLUSTER OF DISEASE IN LOTS OF COUNTRIES; GLOBAL NORMAL DISEASE FOUND FROM YEAR TO YEAR
Spanish Flu Details When = Occurred in 1918 Cause = H1N1 virus Symptoms = Same as typical flu. More severe for some people. Led to death for many people. Distribution = 1/3 of world population was infected. Also affected pigs.
“The City Board of Health this afternoon issued an order closing all schools in this city beginning tomorrow morning. Schools will remain closed until further orders from the board. Parents are requested by the board to see that children are kept at home and not allowed to congregate on the street or in public places. Members of the board expressed themselves as feeling that this is most important and the co-operation of the public is asked.” http://sloblogs.thetribunenews.com/slovault/2009/05/spanish-flu-of-1918-part-ii/#storylink=cpy
“Mrs. Isabella M. Williston of Atascadero died last night at Camp Fremont where for a week she was in charge of sixty cases of Spanish Influenza. Mrs. Williston was the wife of Second Lieut. Williston of the Atascadero Home Guard and chief linotype operator of the Lewis publishing interests.When a call came for volunteers to care for the sick at the army camps Mrs. Williston was among the first to respond, being sent to Camp Fremont. Funeral arrangements are as yet unannounced.” http://sloblogs.thetribunenews.com/slovault/2009/05/spanish-flu-of-1918-part-ii/#storylink=cpy
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/photo-gallery/influenza/http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/photo-gallery/influenza/ PICTURES ABOUT THE SPANISH FLU
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