Influenza 1918 is the story of the worst epidemic the United States has ever known. What were other names for it? The 1918 Influenza was known as the Spanish flu as well as the mother flu. How many Americans died? How many worldwide? What were the populations who were most affected? Healthy or sick? young or old? ages? The flu killed about 600,000 Americans and affected a worldwide number of about 500 million people while those who died were close to 50 million. Most of those who were affected by the flu were healthy young people who were previously resistant to the kind of infections during WW II. What are the signs & symptoms of the Spanish flu? How is it transmitted? What is the incubation period? How virulent was it? The signs and symptoms …show more content…
How is it transmitted? What is the incubation period? How virulent is it? The signs and symptoms of the season flu include severe aches, runny nose, dry cough, watery eyes and sore throat besides pain in the chest. Like the Spanish flu it is also transmitted through the air where by the respiratory droplets are inhaled by victims. The incubation period of the season flu is one to four days while the disease is less virulent compared to the Spanish …show more content…
An epidemic like the Spanish Flu threatens not only the army but people of all working communities as well as children who are the future of a nation. By affecting the working class of a nation such an epidemic threatens the productivity of the nation and increases the chances of high medical budgets at the expense of other development agendas both in the health sector and other sectors. Do you think there is a significant threat of a major outbreak of flu or other epidemic today like there was in 1918? There have been major disease outbreaks around the word and in the US including HIV/AIDS but their effects have not been as severe as the flu. With the current advancement of health technology it is less unlikely that a similar epidemic could strike the US or the world in general. If there were a major outbreak, what are our strengths and limitations in dealing with