What It Was Really Like To Live Through The ‘Spanish Flu’ Pandemic In 1918-1919 And How It Compares to Covid-19
Bullets, bombs, and harmful gases are not the only things that can kill people. An invisible, microscopic entity is enough to do the job just like it did back in 1918 and 1919. No one can forget the great Spanish flu of 1918 that spread out worldwide during the first World War. The transfer of troops triggered the transmission of the influenza virus, which took around 50-100 million lives worldwide. The time period saw a shortage of medical facilities, quarantines, and even total lockdowns across the world. Here is a brief comparison of the situation at that time to today where COVID-19 is widespread.
Spain was the first country to report about the Pandemic
It is very interesting to know why this influenza pandemic is known as the Spanish flu. Though its first outbreak was in Kansas, the US didn’t publish anything about the severe nature of the disease immediately. The disclosure of any type of information related to this disease was made against the law as per the Woodrow Wilson’s Sedition Act.
On the other hand, Spain was not a part of WW1. This gave Spain immunity against the censorship and power to publish anything related to the pandemic. And that’s how Spain became the first country to make the pandemic public. In 2019, Wuhan was the first city to report the first COVID-19 case.
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