Pandemic numbers
When did it start? when did it end?
1918-1920
What type of virus was the Spanish flu.
it was a subtype (more lethal version) of the H1N1 (influenza) virus.
True or false, The Spanish flu was entirely the fault of the Germans!
False, it likely had a north American origin.
A sudden and usually very high fever
Yes, as with most diseases one of the most common symptoms was a high fever.
Estimated total number of cases (infected)
Around 500 million.
what virus does it relate to today
Covid 19
More people died from the swine flu than the Spanish flu.
False, the Spanish flu was estimated to have killed over 100 million people, where the swine flu was only estimated to have killed, 1.87 million.
Continuous non-stopping dance
no, however it was a real symptom of the 1518 dancing plague where people randomly began to dance and could not stop.
what was the final estimated death toll of the pandemic (most recent)
well over 100 million people
why was it called the spanish flu
it was (mistakenly) thought to have started in Spain because they were the first people to start talking about it.
The Spanish flu struck down many previously healthy, young people.
True, younger people seemed more suspectable to it which was unusual for most virus's
Pulmonary edema (Fluid in lungs)
yes
what age group did the Spanish flu impact the life expectancy of the most. seventy- to eighty-year-olds or twenty- to thirty-year-olds?
Twenty- to thirty-year-olds life expectancies were most impacted by the Spanish flu while seventy- to eighty years olds life expectancies were barely impacted at all.
How did doctors and nurses treat and cure the Spanish flu.
they didn't, there was actually no specific or proven treatment or cure for the Spanish flu.
True or false, it was only one big wave before a vaccine was produced.
False, The Spanish flu happened in four separate waves.
Blue skin, lips, or nails.
Yes! although surprising blue skin, lips, or nails (also known as cyanosis) was a pretty common symptom of the Spanish flu during the second wave
due to the spanish flu life expectancy at birth declined from __ years to __ years
it declined from 54 years to 41 years
finish the children's rhyme "I had a little bird, its name was ___, i opened the window, and ______"
I had a little bird, its name was Enza, i opened the window, and In-Flu-Enza
True or false it was often misdiagnosed as the plauge
true, during the second wave of the virus the Spanish flu was often misdiagnosed by doctors as the bubonic plague
No, skin necrosis was not a symptom of the Spanish flu, it was a symptom of the bubonic plague