No Handwashing & Other Mistakes in 1918 Flu Pandemic
While healthcare workers tending to 1918 flu pandemic patients did wear masks, they didn't wash their hands, this report from CBS news says. "Viruses would not be discovered for another 15 to 20 years," Dr. Jeremy Brown, Director of Emergency Research at NIH said. Enemas, whiskey and bloodletting were the most common treatments of the mysterious illness that was later known as the 1918 pandemic. People also were told they'd be less likely to catch the deadly illness if they spent time outdoors, so people gathered in the open.
The flu spread briefly in the spring of 1918, went dormant then came back with a vengeance that fall. People bled from their mouth, eyes and nose. The "second wave" that fall struck young people in their 20s more than the elderly.
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Further Reading:
The Coronavirus is no 1918 Pandemic: theatlantic.com
This work by AJ Fish is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
The flu spread briefly in the spring of 1918, went dormant then came back with a vengeance that fall. People bled from their mouth, eyes and nose. The "second wave" that fall struck young people in their 20s more than the elderly.
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Further Reading:
The Coronavirus is no 1918 Pandemic: theatlantic.com
This work by AJ Fish is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
