1918 flu pandemic

Back in the 1850s in New York, an epidemic blazed. People were becoming sick and dying. Even babies were suffering. This was the Swill Milk Scandal, a plot to make money that killed as many as 8,000 infants in just one year. People were drinking tampered swill milk and still would have been had not regular New Yorkers raised their voices and stood up for those that were sick. The same is true in Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird. The novel is set in 1930s Maycomb, Alabama. A girl named…

carrying with the virus that ultimately causes his demise. Throughout the story, Porter uses Miranda’s delirious dreams and nightmares, crafting surreal dreamscapes to illustrate and convey the feelings shared by victims of World War I and the influenza pandemic. From the first sentence, we are thrown into…

Dreaming about Reality: A Journey into the mind of victims of WWI and The Influenza Pandemic ‘Pale Horse, Pale Rider’ is a fictional retelling of Katherine Anne Porter’s own experience as an influenza survivor during World War I. Porter expresses the devastating effects the illness had on her life by chronicling a month in the life of Miranda, a reporter, as she enjoys a romance with Adam, a young Army officer, until she becomes a victim of influenza. Adam nurses her, and before she fully…

following. The Great Plague (black death) is now among us; roaming the streets of London. We believe god is punishing us for our sins, and that were are still not worthy enough for him. It is killing our loved ones and has attack many around us, prithee be aware of your surroundings, and those around you. The Cause for the Black death? The black plague broke out in early 1330, spreading rapidly throughout Asia, North Africa and has now arrived in Europe. So Far it has killed 33% - 40% of…

In 1918, the worst epidemic in United States history occurred and forced medical researchers to doubt all of their previous advances in medicine. Doctors were able to determine that it was some strand of influenza, but deadlier and spreading quicker than any virus they had ever seen before. This disease was later incorrectly labeled the Spanish Influenza and continued to puzzle doctors and researchers for close to the rest of the century. The “Closing in on a Killer: Scientists Unlock Clues to…

A flu is a contagious respiratory infection caused by a variety of flu viruses. Symptoms of flu may involve headaches, fever, and sometimes soreness. While some other symptoms may include cough, sore throat, and gastrointestinal problems. There are 3 main types of flu. Influenza A viruses are the most harmful, as they can cause severe disease.influenza is usually responsible for the majority of seasonal flu cases. It is found in humans and in animals. Influenza A is spread from person to person…

Global Change A pandemic is an example of global change that can greatly impact a local healthcare organization in multiple ways. According to Flu.gov, a pandemic is a global outbreak of a disease, and is based on how the disease is spread, rather than how many people die from it (Flu.gov, 2014). This paper will outline one of the most recent pandemic outbreaks, some of the ways they can affect a hospital, and how the hospital leadership and management might react in this scenario. Over the…

also known as the flu is an airborne pathogen that has a high morbidity and mortality rate. Influenza can be spread through the air or by contact, and maybe infectious before symptoms occur. Symptoms of the flu may vary, and severity differs between age groups. People who are at high risk include younger adults with strong immune systems, the elderly, and people with previous problems such as asthma. Symptoms may include: sore throat, fever, muscle pain, and weakness. Once the flu is contracted…

participating in a clinical study. The boy’s case could not be identified as the standard seasonal flu and his sample was sent to the CDC for further testing. The CDC determined that virus was new to humans and first began as a disease in swine. The second case was a 9 year old child who lived 130 miles away from the first case (CDC pwr pt 1). The disease continued to spread until it became a worldwide pandemic with approximately with 43 million to 89 million people contracting…

Global health is like a tree with an array of branches. There are so many health issues in this world today, and much struggle about which issues need our attention the most urgently. On one hand, we could use our money to cure a mass amount of easily treatable disease, or we could apply our funds towards the research, discovery, and curing of unknown illness in remote areas. The answer is balance. With everything there needs to be balance, and we should delve into both ends of the spectrum. We…