These Flu Epidemics come regularly, but around this time society’s scientists weren’t medically advanced as it is now. They didn’t have a vaccine to prevent from becoming infected. The only problem with flu vaccines is that a different strain comes every time. Every thing an infected individual touches, it leaves the virus there, then when the next uninfected individual comes, the virus attaches itself. When an infected individual coughs, that cough forms a cone that covers many people, landing on those people, then those people all cough, the virus repeats the process, until an epidemic is started. The pathogen enters in the body as an unrecognizable organism, allowing it to slip by. The pandemic started in San Sebastian, Spain during February,
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In May 1918, 10,000 British soldiers were sick, preventing them from fighting. July 1918, Flu disappeared only to reappear in the fall. During September, Boston received the epidemic. By this time, the disease had morphed. The disease, at first, lasted 3 days with a low mortality rate, the return brought, at first, flushing, fever, chills, then the cough, and thick and bloody sputum. Sputum is a mixture of saliva and mucus. Soon after this onset, the patient would not be able to breath, and turn blue. If the patient survived this, they would develop Pneumonia and die. There were stories of people found dead in subways, and other places. Laws were passed that required the use of masks in public areas. When a bell sounded, it was safe to remove masks. Those who had somehow had not gotten …show more content…
The people visiting or leaving the city would pass the flu onto someone in the village, who then spread it to the village, it would spread, eventually reaching soldiers. Railroads accelerated the speed of infection. Railroads meant that people could get to places faster than they could with wagons or cars. School children passed it on at a fast rate, who then passed it on to their parents.
To combat the flu, researchers tried to research dogs, but many were immune due to previous shots. Pet owners wouldn’t let this happen, so research stopped. Researchers believed the flu was caused by a bacteria, but after autopsies and experiments, researchers realized that no bacteria was involved. Though researchers only knew that it spread through coughing or sneezing. Physicians often confused the flu for another disease, the common cold. When autopsies were performed on flu victims, swollen lungs and oversized spleens were found. Eventually, funding for research ran out, ending
In May 1918, 10,000 British soldiers were sick, preventing them from fighting. July 1918, Flu disappeared only to reappear in the fall. During September, Boston received the epidemic. By this time, the disease had morphed. The disease, at first, lasted 3 days with a low mortality rate, the return brought, at first, flushing, fever, chills, then the cough, and thick and bloody sputum. Sputum is a mixture of saliva and mucus. Soon after this onset, the patient would not be able to breath, and turn blue. If the patient survived this, they would develop Pneumonia and die. There were stories of people found dead in subways, and other places. Laws were passed that required the use of masks in public areas. When a bell sounded, it was safe to remove masks. Those who had somehow had not gotten …show more content…
The people visiting or leaving the city would pass the flu onto someone in the village, who then spread it to the village, it would spread, eventually reaching soldiers. Railroads accelerated the speed of infection. Railroads meant that people could get to places faster than they could with wagons or cars. School children passed it on at a fast rate, who then passed it on to their parents.
To combat the flu, researchers tried to research dogs, but many were immune due to previous shots. Pet owners wouldn’t let this happen, so research stopped. Researchers believed the flu was caused by a bacteria, but after autopsies and experiments, researchers realized that no bacteria was involved. Though researchers only knew that it spread through coughing or sneezing. Physicians often confused the flu for another disease, the common cold. When autopsies were performed on flu victims, swollen lungs and oversized spleens were found. Eventually, funding for research ran out, ending