ID terms Influenza epidemic

Question 1

Influenza epidemic of 1918

Answer 1

Spring 1918 in Kansas
Aka “Stinking yellow haze”
No one knew cause of epidemic

Question 2

impact of WWI

Answer 2

Hundred cases in a day, 500 cases in 1 week- thought it was a phenomena
Easier to spread disease (travel)
Transport of disease (military personnel slept next to each other)

Question 3

rumors

Answer 3

Denial- they thought that no one needed to worry about flu”
German planted germs to spread the flu
Thought it was a sin (hey prayed down epidemic)
Thought mailman brought disease

Question 4

New laws and regulations

Answer 4

Everyone had to put on mask

They thought wearing masks kept them safe (masks were too thin and porous)

Question 5

medical response and remedies

Answer 5

Microbiology played a big role
Used lab to find viruses (used microscopes) this occurred decades after (SCIENCE FAILED, DOCTORS WERE HELPLESS)
Funds for development of vaccine (inoculation)
Put on mask for society
Folk remedies and quacks
Tyrosine and turpentine on sugar

Question 6

October in Philadelphia

Answer 6

Deadliest month in nation’s history
Month when everyone almost died
Funeral business- people waited for each other to die
Caskets
1 week= 700 times death rate was higher than normal
Everyone slept very close to each other
Over 11,000 people died

Question 7

violent responses

Answer 7

Husbands would kill their kids after wife dies

People killing those who do not wear masks (symbol for someone that had flu)