This section features a number of video lessons which discuss the suspected origins of the Spanish Flu, present an overview of the Three Waves of the pandemic and detailed lessons on how the Spanish Flu impacted the various corners of the globe.
Ground Zero
Anthony Fauci, MD, Director NIAID
Laura Spinney, (Author: Pale Rider)
John Barry, (Author: The Great Influenza)
Jeffrey Taubenberger, MD, PhD, NIAID
Content
- Why the Pandemic is called "The Spanish Flu"
- The Chinese Origin Theory
- The US Origin Theory
- The French Origin Theory
- Refuting the 3 Origin Theories
The Three Waves of the Spanish Flu - Overview
Laura Spinney, (Author: Pale Rider)
John Barry, (Author: The Great Influenza)
- 1st official case reported March 4, 1918 in Kansas
- Relatively mild first wave that retreated around July
- Second lethal wave struck 3rd week of August, 1918
- October 1918 deadliest month - possibly in world history
- 3rd wave in early 1919 intermediate in severity
- Southern hemisphere stuck later in time
- Pandemic ended March of 1920 in both hemispheres
The First Wave - March 2018
Laura Spinney, (Author: Pale Rider)
John Barry, (Author: The Great Influenza)
- Albert Gitchel - 1st case at Camp Funston, Kansas, March 4 1918
- Flu spreads to other camps and moves east
- Late March/April flu is Europe and on front lines
- In May, flu is epidemic in US Midwest, East Coast and French Ports
- Within a few months it circled the globe, retreating by July
- Not a very lethal flu, but very contagious
- But hose who died, died in unusual/severe ways
The Second Lethal Wave - August 2018
Laura Spinney, (Author: Pale Rider)
John Barry, (Author: The Great Influenza)
- Symptoms much worse with secondary pneumonia infection
-Description of symptoms leading to death
- 3 main initial outbreaks, Boston, Brest, Sierra Leone
- Boston, Navy Pier and Camp Devens overrun
- William Welch believes “This must be some new disease”
- Military physician letter on symptoms read by John Barry
- Leviathan troop ship, Laura Spinney reads eyewitness description
The Second Lethal Wave - New York City and Philadelphia
Laura Spinney, (Author: Pale Rider)
John Barry, (Author: The Great Influenza)
The Third Wave - 1919
Laura Spinney, (Author: Pale Rider)
The Third Wave - 1919
Laura Spinney, (Author: Pale Rider)
- Initial Estimate 20 Million Dead
- Second Estimate 30 Million Dead
- Current Estiamte 50 - 100 Million Dead
The Historical Legacy
John Barry, (Author, The Great Influenza)
Laura Spinney, (Author, Pale Rider)
- President Wilson suffers serious bout of inlfuenza
- Speculation about the flu impacting Wilson's mental status and stroke
- How the Spanish Flu is regarded today as a historical event
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