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The Spanish Flu of 1918 (compared to COVID-19) F.T Benjamin Kitchings (The History Voyager)
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Hello, y'all sorry about me being late with this episode. I am currently in Pennsylvania with Family on a vacation to take some time and relax for a bit (of course with safety and masks). Hope you enjoy this episode.
The Pandemic of 1918 is something we hear of a lot recently and that may be due to the new Pandemic called Coronavirus of 2019 or COVID-19 for short. The Pandemic is often compared to the recent pandemic and here in this episode, we explore the ins and outs of the Spanish Flu and how it compares to now. The Pandemic from 1918 didn't just have only one wave but actually 4. Spaning from 1918 (or before that according to some) to the 1920s
The Spanish Flu was an unusually deadly influenza pandemic caused by the H1N1 influenza A virus. Lasting from February 1918 to April 1920, it infected 500 million people–about a third of the world's population at the time–in four successive waves. The death toll is typically estimated to have been somewhere between 17 million and 50 million, making it one of the deadliest pandemics in human history.
Sources:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/local/retropolis/coronavirus-deadliest-pandemics/
https://www.jstor.org/stable/44447656?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents
http://historiallinenyhdistys.fi/muinaiset_sivut/julk/taudit99/
https://www.noted.co.nz/health/1918-flu-centenary-how-to-survive-a-pandemic/
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-08/acop-aos082806.php
and more links that can be found on my website
1918: The Spanish Flu of 1918 (compared to COVID-19) F.T Benjamin Kitchings (The History Voyager)
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