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Great Flu Pandemic Of 1918 - Remember It This Year |
By
Dr. Patricia Doyle PhD |
| Hello Jeff After reading articles and seeing photos of masses
of garbage piles and feces piles across Europe left by illegals and the
chaos of Europe's medical systems, I got to thinking about the upcoming
flu season. So many of the illegals are carrying diseases like HIV/Aids, HCV, HBV, TB and XXDR TB and a myriad of viral, bacterial, parasitic and protozoan diseases Conditions with piles of feces and urine in the streets and overwhelmed Caucasians cleaning up the illegals mess, we are bound to see a major epidemic of deadly flu this year. I believe the flu out of Europe will rival that of the 1918 flu. With the leaders of Europe making sure NO information on illegals hits the press, the local public won';t even know when there is an outbreak. Unfortunately, it won't be until local European population sees family members dying one after the other before word will sneak out. There are so many similarities between the 1918 outbreak which also started in a war torn and chaotic Europe. In some rural areas across the US old timers believed the flu was caused by homes being hooked up to electricity. Some believed it was the cars (slowly finding their way to the roads across the US) which caused the outbreak. It was neither, it was a war torn Europe and crowded military population that got the flu started. We need to be very vigilant this Winter. The streets of Europe are crowded with hundreds of thousands of people who do not understand good hygiene. They do not understand about using bathrooms and washing afterwards. They also do not care if any Europeans become infected through them. We also have Senators in Congress who are too stupid to say NO to Europe. Europe gave us NO HELP when we were being invaded by illegals and still are, not one European country offered to take some of the Latin American refugees. Our senators are just too stupid to say No. "Just say NO" say No to illegals and say yes (for once) to the US citizens who pay the taxes. ....and watch out for 2015-1016 Flu Season it could be a doozie. Patty Bibb: The great influenza pandemic of 1918 By Mike Bibb columnist Oct 7, 2015 0 After twice visiting the old New Mexico mining town of Mogollon in June and July, and obtaining information for my column on the “Ghost town cross,” (Eastern Arizona Courier, Aug. 5, 2015), in which a brief history of the community and its residents was reported, I remained intrigued by one particular facet of the story — the horrific impact the global influenza pandemic of 1918 had upon the little village. Many residents perished or became severely ill from the disease. It wasn’t uncommon for multiple family members to die within days of each other. At the time, Mogollon — established in the late 1880s — was a thriving and prosperous gold and silver mining camp, accounting for about one-fourth of New Mexico’s annual precious metals production. Several underground mining operations were busily extracting the minerals and life was generally good, although harsh at times. By 1915, homes and businesses were being electrically wired, water systems installed, and telephone service had become available. The advent of the automobile was still a few years away, necessitating travel primarily by horse and wagon. Excepting its geographical remoteness, Mogollon was nearly as modern as any Western community. However, unbeknown to most folks at the time, darkening clouds of war and disease were approaching. America’s entry into the European conflict ultimately changed the tide against the Germans. World War I was both a blessing and a curse in that it brought victory against an aggressive opponent but also introduced the most deadly disease ever experienced — an epidemic of unimaginable proportions. Scientists and historians have speculated the influenza virus, sometimes referred to as the Spanish flu, originated in China, mutated and migrated to the United States. Then, through massive troop deployments from the United States to Europe during the war, the virus eventually spread throughout Europe, Africa and the Asian continents. Even the ocean’s islands weren’t spared. By April of 1918, the first wave of the disease had virtually encompassed the entire world. But an even more virulent strain was to appear a few months later. Ironically, returning troops from Europe again transported the disease. In August, a second and highly lethal form of the virus simultaneously surfaced in Massachusetts and France and, as before, quickly engulfed most of Europe. Soldiers, on both sides, already weakened from combat, malnourishment and chemical attacks, began dying in droves. By the war’s end, it has been estimated 10 to 20 percent of all troops infected died from the disease. So devastating was the malady that considerably more people actually succumbed from flu-related causes than war-inflicted injuries. It has been calculated World War I claimed an estimated 16 million lives. The great influenza pandemic of 1918-19 is thought to have been responsible for more than three times as many deaths — 50 million worldwide. One-fifth of the planet’s population was infected, and within a few months, more people had been killed by the disease than by any other illness or war in recorded history. In 1918, the United States had a population of about 103 million people. Approximately 28 percent of those became infected with the flu, and an estimated 500,000 to 675,000 died from it. One of the major problems in doctoring the disease was that it was often misdiagnosed as dengue, cholera or typhoid, in that hemorrhaging from the nose, stomach, intestine, ears and skin was common. The majority of deaths, however, resulted from bacterial pneumonia; victim’s lungs would fill with fluid and they would quickly expire from suffocation. Another oddity of the disease was that it struck mostly young adults, 20-40 years of age. Pregnant women were especially vulnerable, experiencing a recorded death rate of 23 to 71 percent, depending upon the country of residency. If the woman survived, there was a 26-percent chance the baby would not. Most prior influenzas attacked infants, elderly and the weak. The effect of the virus was so severe that the average life expectancy in the United States was decreased by 10 to 12 years. Compared to previous influenzas, the mortality rate was substantially higher at 2.5 percent, rather than the normal 0.1 percent. Death frequencies for 15- to 34-year-olds were 20 times higher in 1918 than in prior years. In Arizona, the second flu strain arrived in September 1918, though it is now thought it was here sooner but not properly identified. Spreading out from Phoenix, the smaller communities of Flagstaff, Winslow and Holbrook were reporting flu victims in early October. According to a recent report by the United States Department of Health and Human Services, “Deaths from influenza were four times the state’s annual average.” Hard hit were Indian reservations and rural areas. Also, Arizona had been a state for six years with an estimated population of only 330,000 (today, the state’s population is about 6.5 million). No individual cities, including Phoenix and Tucson, contained more than 70,000 inhabitants. Statewide, 2,005 deaths from flu and pneumonia were reported in the months of October, November and December. In Graham and Greenlee counties, a total of 115 flu and pneumonia fatalities occurred in the same three-month period in 1918. The number would have been higher, but, for whatever reasons, Graham’s November totals were missing. As a result of the outbreak, Arizona’s economy noticeably retracted. Farming and mining productivity declined as more and more workers fell victim to the virus. Many schools, theaters and other public gathering places were closed for three months during the height of the pandemic. When venturing outdoors, people were required to wear gauze breathing masks, thinking such aids would help prevent the spread of the contagion. After peaking in November, the disease gradually waned in late fall and early winter. By the spring of 1919, most of Arizona was flu free. I still remember briefly studying the great influenza pandemic in history class many years ago. Of course, history and civics is no longer of major importance in today’s school curriculums, and most people have probably forgotten or never known of the tragic event. Yet, similar flu epidemics, although not as intense, seem to regularly occur in 20- to 40-year cycles. In addition to 1918, major influenza outbreaks occurred in 1957 and 1976 in the United States. 2016 will mark the end of the most recent 40-year cycle. http://www.eacourier.com/lifestyle/bibb-the-great-influenza-pandemic-of/article_c9d5ad80-6c8e-11e5-90fb-53c5445fea7c.html |
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