The Great Pandemic Of 1918
After that this strain of flu receded likely. In 1918 New York went up against an influenza pandemic that ranks among the worst in world history. The Great Influenza The Story Of The Deadliest Pandemic In History Amazon De Barry John M Fremdsprachige Bucher A century ago a pandemic swept through the world and what followed was a period of great dynamism Image credits. The great pandemic of 1918 . The pandemic originated in Spain No one believes the so-called Spanish flu originated in Spain. Medical historians conservatively estimate that influenza killed 50 million people globally with 675000 in the United States between 1918 and 1920. It is by far the greatest humanitarian disaster caused by infectious disease in modern history. The Greatest Pandemic in History Was 100 Years Ago But Many of Us Still Get the Basic Facts Wrong 1. We characterize and evaluate hypothetical public health measures during the 1918 influenza pandemic in the Canton of Geneva Switzerland. I have to