Origins and Scale
This global event from 1918 to 1919 infected hundreds of millions of people.
What was the Spanish Flu?
This U.S. president avoided publicly addressing the pandemic.
Who was Woodrow Wilson?
One of the earliest recorded outbreaks occurred at this Kansas Army camp.
What was Camp Funston?
Coughing sneezing and close contact were the main ways the virus spread.
What is respiratory transmission?
Onions garlic and whiskey were examples of these ineffective treatments.
What were home remedies?
About 500 million people were infected, which was nearly this fraction of the world’s population.
What is one third?
Military operations were disrupted when this leader’s troops became sick.
Who was General John J. Pershing?
This remote Alaskan village lost nearly all of its adult population within days.
What was Brevig Mission?
The Spanish Flu did not occur once but returned in multiple waves.
What are three waves?
Castor oil and Vick VapoRub were part of this category of treatments.
What were patent medicines?
The timing of the pandemic overlapped with this major global conflict.
What was World War I?
Public health advice such as masks and canceled gatherings came from this official.
Who was Dr. Thomas Dyer Tuttle?
Urban centers across this African nation were heavily affected.
What is South Africa?
This wave in late 1918 caused the highest number of deaths.
What was the second wave?
These pills were widely used despite limited understanding of viruses.
What were aspirin and quinine?
This factor explains why the virus spread internationally so quickly during the war.
What was the movement of soldiers?
Open reporting after this ruler became ill led to global misunderstanding about the flu’s origin.
Who was King Alfonso XIII?
Ignoring medical warnings this city’s parade caused a sharp rise in deaths.
What is Philadelphia?
High fever coughing body aches and pneumonia were common signs of this illness.
What was the Spanish Flu
With no vaccines available people relied on masks quarantines and closures.
What were public health measures?
The pandemic’s name is misleading because it did not begin in this country.
What is Spain?
This prime minister’s death in 1919 showed the flu’s impact on national leadership.
Who was Louis Botha?
This city’s earlier restrictions helped limit deaths compared to other U.S. cities.
What is New York City?
Unlike most flu outbreaks this age group was heavily affected.
Who were young adults ages 20 to 40?
These simple actions proved more effective than most treatments.
What were rest fluids and isolation?