Flu+Pandemic+Proj+CH

=__Flu Pandemic of 1918__=

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 * Swept the world and killed about 50 million people
 * It attacked 1/5 of the world's population

//The virus...//
 * Influenza
 * Caused by RNA virus
 * Common symptoms: Chills, fever, sore throat, headaches, muscle pain, coughing, weakness, and general discomfort.
 * Transmitted through the air, nasal secretions, feces, and blood.
 * Science has now developed an effective vaccine for "the flu"

//Emerged in two phases...//
 * Phase 1:**
 * Late spring of 1918
 * Known as "three-day fever"
 * Lasted for just three days
 * Came unexpected
 * Less serious with no reported deaths
 * Phase 2:**
 * Fall of 1918
 * Scientists, Doctors, and Health officials could not identify the disease
 * Struck viciously and so fast within hours of initial symptoms
 * So it was hard to protect yourself from
 * Or hard to do anything about it to save your health once infected
 * Some died within hours of infections, others could survive for a few days at best
 * Those who survived for days lungs would fill with fluid and suffocate them

//Where the plague hit...//
 * It hit everywhere
 * Rural and urban areas were hit
 * It spread from the highly populated east coast all the way to the seaports of Alaska
 * Young adults, usually with the strongest immune systems, were hit the hardest
 * Also hit hard with the disease were the most vulnerable: young children and elderly
 * You can see how the pandemic spread from the east coast in mid-September all the way to the ends of the west coast by early October
 * Animated map of spread across United States: http://history1900s.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ/Ya&sdn=history1900s&cdn=education&tm=14&f=10&tt=14&bt=0&bts=0&zu=http%3A//www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/influenza/maps/index.html

//Results of pandemic...//
 * Killed approximately 25 million people
 * Attacked 1/5 of the world's population
 * In the U.S. alone, 25% of the population was afflicted
 * Reduced the life expectancy by 12 years from what it was prior to 1918 (one year's time)

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/influenza/ http://www.nature.com/nature/focus/1918flu/index.html http://www.pandemicflu.gov/**
 * Podcast Outline:**
 * What is the virus?
 * Two phases of the pandemic of 1918
 * Spread of the plague/where it was
 * Results/death tolls/affects
 * Links: