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Apr 11, 2024 · Before COVID-19, the most severe pandemic in recent history was the 1918 influenza virus, often called “the Spanish Flu.” The virus infected roughly 500 million people—one-third of the world’s population—and caused 50 million deaths worldwide (double the number of deaths in World War I).
The influenza pandemic of 1918-1919 killed more people than the Great War, known today as World War I (WWI), at somewhere between 20 and 40 million people. It has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in recorded world history.
Sep 21, 2021 · The Spanish flu was a pandemic — a new influenza A virus that spread easily and infected people throughout the world. Because the virus was new, very few people, if any, had some immunity to the disease. From 1918 to 1919, the Spanish flu infected an estimated 500 million people globally.
HISTORY MAGAZINE. Inside the swift, deadly history of the Spanish Flu pandemic. Before SARS and coronavirus, Spanish flu infected a third of the world’s population and killed as many as 50...
Abstract. The 2018–2019 period marks the centennial of the “Spanish” influenza pandemic, which caused at least 50 million deaths worldwide. The unprecedented nature of the pandemic’s sudden appearance and high fatality rate serve as a stark reminder of the threat influenza poses.
Sep 27, 2017 · The first wave of the Spanish flu struck in the spring of 1918. There was nothing particularly Spanish about it. It attracted that name, unfairly, because the press in neutral Spain tracked...
Mar 4, 2020 · What becomes clear from this overview are two things: influenza pandemics are not rare, but the Spanish flu of 1918 was by far the most devastating influenza pandemic in recorded history. The impact of the Spanish flu on different age groups
