HISTORY
THE WORLD BETWEEN THE WARS
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WWI
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The Holocaust
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The Spanish Flu
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The Bubonic Plague
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Detailed explanation-1: -The 1918 influenza pandemic was the most severe pandemic in recent history.
Detailed explanation-2: -It was called the Spanish Flu not because the pandemic started in Spain. Spain was neutral in WWI and their news media extensively covered the pandemic. Other countries refused to admit having cases, so it looked like Spain was bearing the brunt of the pandemic which was not true.
Detailed explanation-3: -Three worldwide (pandemic) outbreaks of influenza occurred in the 20th century: in 1918, 1957, and 1968.
Detailed explanation-4: -The latter are composed of key genes from the 1918 virus, updated by subsequently incorporated avian influenza genes that code for novel surface proteins, making the 1918 virus indeed the “mother” of all pandemics. In 1918, the cause of human influenza and its links to avian and swine influenza were unknown.
Detailed explanation-5: -March 1918: Outbreaks of flu-like illness are detected in U.S. soldiers which spreads through Europe and Asia in the next six months, but cases are mild. September 1918: A second wave of the flu emerges and is highly fatal. October 1918: 195, 000 Americans die of the flu in October alone. More items •10-Dec-2021