SOME PHOTOGRAPHS OF 1918 SPANISH FLU IN AMERICA

                                             

( Children with camphor in cloth hung around their necks )

                     ( A barber with mask )

( Playing baseball with mask )

( A man without mask not allowed to enter a tram)

SPANISH FLU 1918...

 In 1918, the world faced influenza pandemic ,the most severe pandemic in recent history. It was caused by an H1N1 virus with genes of avian origin. Although there is not universal consensus regarding where the virus originated, people believe that it originated from Spain or China or some European country. It spread worldwide during 1918-1919. 

It is estimated that about 500 million people or one-third of the world’s population became infected with this virus. The number of deaths was estimated to be at least 50 million worldwide with about 675,000 occurring in the United States.

With no vaccine to protect against influenza infection and no antibiotics to treat secondary bacterial infections that can be associated with influenza infections, control efforts worldwide were limited to  isolation, quarantine, good personal hygiene, use of disinfectants, and limitations of public gatherings, which were applied unevenly.

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