The 1918 Influenza Pandemic and COVID-19: Have We Seen This Movie Before?

Autor/in	Schug, Mark C.
Titel	The 1918 Influenza Pandemic and COVID-19: Have We Seen This Movie Before?
Quelle	In: Social Education, 85 (2021) 2, S.60-63 (4 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0037-7724
Schlagwörter	COVID-19; Pandemics; Comparative Analysis; Incidence; Death; Health Services; Federal Government; Responses; Economic Climate; Disease Control; United States History; Economic Impact; Arkansas (Little Rock) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Vorkommen; Sterbefall; Tod; Todesfall; Health service; Gesundheitsdienst; Gesundheitswesen; Bundesregierung; Wirtschaftslage; Ökonomische Determinanten
Abstract	While both the 1918 influenza (aka Spanish flu) and the 2020 COVID-19 pandemics were devastating, the 1918 influenza pandemic was considered worse. Its origins are still debated, but it was first identified in the United States at Fort Riley, an Army base in Kansas. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), an estimated 500 million people (or one-third of the world's population) became infected with this virus. An estimated 50 million people died worldwide with about 675,000 deaths occurring in the United States. This number of U.S. dead would be the equivalent of about 2 million people in relation to the present day population. In this article, a detailed comparison of the 1918 and 2020 pandemics reveals some striking similarities as well as big differences in health care measures and the federal government response. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01