BCH311H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: 1918 Flu Pandemic, Prokaryote, Lysis
1 Feb 2018
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The spanish flu ravaged the world fro 1918-1919 and resulted in 40-100 million deaths. Many times more than the deaths in the first world war of the bubonic plague. Towns were quarantined and public places were abandoned. Coffins (cid:449)ere i(cid:374) su(cid:272)h short supply that (cid:373)ass gra(cid:448)es (cid:449)ere used to (cid:271)ury the dead. It"s the (cid:373)ost destru(cid:272)ti(cid:448)e pandemic to ever occur. The majority of deaths were 4 and under and over 65. In 1918, theres a spike in the death rates from the mid teans and mid age. The flu spread due to the spreading of soldiers due to the war. In our modern world, its similar to the spread of sars or the hini flu in 2009. The short incubation period and the rapid onset of symptoms resulted in the disease in healthy people. Withi(cid:374) a dead, people (cid:272)ould (cid:271)e dead. thhose that did(cid:374)"t die to the flu usually died of se(cid:272)o(cid:374)dary (cid:271)a(cid:272)terial nemonia.
