Yancia the bulldog even made the local paper: "This Seattle Dog Wears Flu Mask."
The influenza of 1918 killed up to 100 million people. What lessons does it offer for our current health crisis?
Guaranteed to make you ask, "What's going on here?"
One hundred years ago, the virulent Spanish flu left 50 to 100 million people dead. A pandemic of that magnitude could happen again.
A fantastic collection of pictures from the deadly 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, including tent hospitals, people wearing preventative masks and a sick child.
The 1918 Spanish flu epidemic is now widely recognized as the most devastating disease outbreak in recorded history. This cultural history reconstructs Spaniards' experience of the flu and traces the emergence of various competing narratives that arose in response to bacteriology's failure to explain and contain the disease's spread.
Between 1918 and 1919, an outbreak of influenza spread rapidly across the world, and killed more than 50 million—and possibly as many as 100 million—people within 15 months.
Beyond the numbers, what was life like during the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918-1919? A social historian explains, including the long-term effects on families and society.
Behind a Mask: Remembering History's Deadliest Epidemic
Yancia the bulldog even made the local paper: "This Seattle Dog Wears Flu Mask."
Face masks, fresh air and porridge - how people tried to curb a deadly flu pandemic in 1918.
Between 1918 and 1919, an outbreak of influenza spread rapidly across the world, and killed more than 50 million—and possibly as many as 100 million—people within 15 months.
The toll of history’s worst epidemic surpasses all the military deaths in World War I and World War II combined. And it may have begun in the United States
The toll of history’s worst epidemic surpasses all the military deaths in World War I and World War II combined. And it may have begun in the United States
Face coverings helped flatten the curve during the Spanish flu. But as with coronavirus today, they couldn't muzzle dissent.
A fantastic collection of pictures from the deadly 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, including tent hospitals, people wearing preventative masks and a sick child.
Between 1918 and 1919, an outbreak of influenza spread rapidly across the world, and killed more than 50 million—and possibly as many as 100 million—people within 15 months.
After the deadly pandemic was over, no one really wanted to talk about it—and besides, there was so much else going on.
Officials kept saying it was just the “grippe.” Then 21 million people died.
Hope springs in the fight to beat flu. An injection to fight COVID-19 is on its way. US President Joe Biden advocates the wearing of face masks, even if not compulsory for those not medical exempt. And we’ve been her before. In 1918, influenza, the so-called Spanish Flu, or 91918H1N1, to give its proper name, claimed … Continue reading "Flu Masks From 1918-1919"
I stepped inside the railroad car, and three dozen pairs of eyes peered my way. Gauze masks concealed the passengers’ mouths and noses. —In the Shadow of Blackbirds, opening lines 1918 was no…
Between 1918 and 1919, an outbreak of influenza spread rapidly across the world, and killed more than 50 million—and possibly as many as 100 million—people within 15 months.
The 1918 flu changed thousands of American’s lives. Here’s how to study the effects of the 1918 pandemic and other major outbreaks on your family’s history.
California, 1918. The 1918 Spanish flu killed up to 50 million people around the world and has been called “the mother of all pandemics”. Between 1918 and 1919,
foto_history - the new blog in LiveJournal. There should be new interesting records soon.
Between 1918 and 1919, an outbreak of influenza spread rapidly across the world, and killed more than 50 million—and possibly as many as 100 million—people within 15 months.
A virus is more than a biological organism. It's a social organism. Historian Nancy Bristow shares the lessons about human behavior that we can take away from a century-old pandemic.
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