HIEU 242 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Virology, Alexander Kerensky, Planned Economy
22 May 2018
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Wednesday, March 7, 2018
HIEU 242 Lecture 16
Revolution and Disease: Do Humans Drive History
-Questions:
•what is life like in the Soviet Union
-how is different from your understanding of USSR
•what role does disease play in history
•do humans drive history
-what are our limits
-From War to Disease
•1918 Flu pandemic (Jan 1918-Dec 1920)
•infects 500 million people worldwide
-1.6 billion people at the time
•kills between 50-100 million people
-underreporting
•pandemic so bad it decreases average life expectancy by 12 years
•kills young, healthy adults
•disease is never aired
-runs out of people to infect
-arrives in two waves
•first in spring 1918 less deadly
•second arrival of flu in fall 1918 is lethal
•WWI and disease
-virologist locates the start of the flu in troop staging area in France
-precursor to Spanish flu shows first in birds then mutates to pigs kept near the
front
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Document Summary
Questions: what is life like in the soviet union. How is different from your understanding of ussr: what role does disease play in history, do humans drive history. From war to disease: 1918 flu pandemic (jan 1918-dec 1920, infects 500 million people worldwide. 1. 6 billion people at the time: kills between 50-100 million people. Underreporting: pandemic so bad it decreases average life expectancy by 12 years, kills young, healthy adults, disease is never aired. Arrives in two waves: rst in spring 1918 less deadly, second arrival of u in fall 1918 is lethal, wwi and disease. Virologist locates the start of the u in troop staging area in france. Precursor to spanish u shows rst in birds then mutates to pigs kept near the front. Wednesday, march 7, 2018: 28% of americans infected. Secondary bacterial infection creates pneumonia: patients could die alarmingly fast. Sitting upright and talking that morning > could die by nightfall.
