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    The 1918 influenza pandemic was one of the deadliest pandemics in history, killing an estimated 30-100 million people worldwide. Unlike typical flu outbreaks, it disproportionately killed young, healthy adults between the ages of 15-45. The flu spread in three waves between 1918-1919 and infected an exceptionally high proportion of the global population. It was particularly deadly due to unusual characteristics of the H1N1 virus and circumstances of World War I which accelerated transmission. The pandemic highlighted how rapidly and widely influenza can spread internationally.

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    The 1918 influenza pandemic was one of the deadliest pandemics in history, killing an estimated 30-100 million people worldwide. Unlike typical flu outbreaks, it disproportionately killed young, healthy adults between the ages of 15-45. The flu spread in three waves between 1918-1919 and infected an exceptionally high proportion of the global population. It was particularly deadly due to unusual characteristics of the H1N1 virus and circumstances of World War I which accelerated transmission. The pandemic highlighted how rapidly and widely influenza can spread internationally.

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    The 1918 influenza pandemic was one of the deadliest pandemics in history, killing an estimated 30-100 million people worldwide. Unlike typical flu outbreaks, it disproportionately killed young, healthy adults between the ages of 15-45. The flu spread in three waves between 1918-1919 and infected an exceptionally high proportion of the global population. It was particularly deadly due to unusual characteristics of the H1N1 virus and circumstances of World War I which accelerated transmission. The pandemic highlighted how rapidly and widely influenza can spread internationally.

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    A Greater Killer than the

    War:
    The INFLUENZA Pandemic
    of 1918-1919

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    What is going on?

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    Key Vocabulary
    PANDEMIC – an outbreak of a disease that occurs over a wide
    geographic area and affects an exceptionally high proportion of
    people

    EPIDEMIC – an outbreak of a disease that spreads quickly and


    affects many people at the same time

    VIRUS – an extremely small particle that causes a disease and


    spreads from one person or animal to another

    3
    Key Vocabulary
    INFLUENZA – a common respiratory illness that is caused by a
    virus and that causes fever, weakness, severe aches and pains,
    and breathing problems

    GLOBAL – involving the entire world

    MORTALITY RATE – the number of a particular group of people


    who die each year

    4
    Deadlier Than the War
    Estimated 30 to 100 million people died worldwide.
    • Approximately 116,500 Americans died in World War I.
    • Approximately 675,000 Americans died from Influenza in
    1918-1919.
    • Millions more were infected but did not die.
    Unlike other diseases, this one killed young people – ages 15-
    45 – at greater rates than any other age.
    The mortality rate for this age
    group is usually the lowest, which
    made this disease one of the most
    unusual in history.

    5
    3 Waves of the Flu
    The disease spread to other countries
    mainly through ports.
    • Wave 1 – Spring 1918. Camp Riley,
    KS then to other military bases, and
    onto Europe to the Western Front
    and ports in Africa.
    • Wave 2 – August 1918. France then across the world. This
    was the deadliest time of all.
    • Wave 3 – February 1919. Less
    deadly version, but killed many
    weakened people.

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    A Global Disaster
    Also called the Spanish Flu since Spain’s newspapers reported the
    disease widely and people thought it started there.
    In the U.S. the disease first appeared in military bases, than
    spread rapidly to other bases and points around the world.

    7
    Countries Infected All Over The World
    Using the map packs, locate these countries that were affected
    by the Flu and shade each one on the outline map.
    India Denmark Germany Argentina
    Indonesia Norway Nigeria Paraguay
    England France Japan Kenya
    Colombia Poland Costa Rica Canada
    Portugal Saudi Arabia South Africa Iceland
    Spain Brazil Sweden Philippines
    Mexico Australia Afghanistan Russia
    Peru New Zealand China Congo
    U.S.A. Egypt Samoan Islands Cuba
    Italy Sierra Leone Madagascar Chad
    8
    9
    Notable Survivors of the Spanish Flu
    • President Woodrow Wilson • Walt Disney
    • Franklin D. Roosevelt, • Edvard Munch, famous
    future president of the U.S. artist
    • Georgia O’Keefe, famous
    • John J. Pershing, U.S.
    painter
    General, WWI
    • Katherine Anne Porter,
    • Wilhelm II, German famous writer (Pale Rider)
    Emperor, WWI • Mary Pickford, silent film
    • David Lloyd George, Prime star
    Minister of Britain, WWI • Lillian Gish, famous actress
    • Alfonso XIII, King of Spain • Leo Szilar, Inventor of
    • Haile Selassie I, future Nuclear Chain Reaction
    emperor of Ethiopia

    10
    References
    • Crosby, A. W. (2003). America’s forgotten pandemic: the
    influenza of 1918. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

    • Influenza Encyclopedia. Retrieved from


    http://www.influenzaarchive.org/.
     
    • Kent, S. K. (2013). The influenza pandemic of 1918-1919: A
    brief history with documents. New York: Bedford/St.
    Martin’s.
     
    • The Influenza Pandemic of 1918. Retrieved from
    https://virus.stanford.edu/uda/.

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