The 1918 Flu Pandemic -- Edward Drehs, MD

Dr. Edward Drehs reviews the history of the 1918 Flu pandemic. He begins by discusses the events that led up to the outbreak, including World War I and other mass migration events. Then he relates the efforts instituted to try to contain the epidemic, similar to some of the control measures utilized today for Coronavirus. Next, he analyzes the consequences and lessons learned from the pandemic. Lastly, he evaluates the societal responses to the 1918 flu in comparison to the current outbreak.

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[andystitt]

Aspirin thins blood and therefore causes of worsens internal hemoraging. One thorey why Nicholas II son Alexi was mysteriously "cured" hemophilia Rasputin stopped the boy's mother from giving him aspirin.

[sislertx]

I always find these sort of things so interesting ESPECIALLY when educated youngsters try to delve into it....pretty darn good job for someone who isnt into its actual historical research.

JOURNALS discovered in 2019 have recently shifted the origin of it to its traditional source...

There was at.the same time a massive Horse kill..i find this and the huge...HUGE chicken farm die off extreemly interesting...all of basically unknown sources causes to this day..no samples have been found...so bad it almost wiped out all horses in north america! The calvary cowboys and indians all had to play on foot!!!

in a nutshell..what happened was that middle age group had never been exposed to wither h1 nor n1....much less together.

it was brought to the camp in KANSAS...by an officer from the San Francisco Persido..while Chinatown there was rampant with the diease...assumed brought by the chinese immigrant's...which had run RAMPANT about six to three years before in china....from journals of missionaries...havent been able to read them yet..but that is what was described.