Historical Analysis of the Spanish Flu: A Pandemic's Devastation

This report provides a historical overview of the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918, also known as the 1918 flu pandemic, caused by the H1N1 influenza A virus. The report details the virus's global spread, its devastating impact on human lives, and the significant consequences faced by various countries. It discusses the origins of the virus, the countries most affected, and the high rates of infection and mortality. The report highlights major consequences such as unemployment and individual challenges, including the impact on mental health and daily routines. The report references the works of Honigsbaum, Klemm, Hoppe, and Johnson, providing a comprehensive analysis of the pandemic's effects on individuals and society, and its place in history.

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Spanish Flu:
Spanish Flu is also called as 1918 flu pandemic. This was remarkably drastic influenza
pandemic and this pandemic is caused by a virus and that is H1N1 influenza a virus. This virus
is enduring from 1918 February to April 1980. This virus creates lot's of bad impact on the
human lives and it infected around 500 million population (Johnson and Hariharan, 2017). This
virus tenet by an H1N1 virus heredity of craniate root. Although there were not world-wide
agreement about the virus like where the virus has been arise. This virus spread globally in the
1918- 1919. In US , it was analysis in military force in 1918. This flu creates impacts on and
chiefly affected the few countries like Spain, Great Britain, Mexico, Serbia. This virus is
beginning in Asia and some other theorize that virus was dispersed by the Chinese. The initial
stage of this virus in observe in united states in march 1918. This virus was very harmful for the
population and create effects on the human lives. Due to this virus , there were so many people
who lost their family , lives and close ones (Honigsbaum, 2018). That virus was actually a
pandemic that create bad impact not on just few nations but create bad impact on the whole
world. This illness influenza occur in among 50 to 100 million people in the globe. There were
so many nations who lost their high amount of population like Western Samoa lost their
population 22%.The spreading occurrence of spreading influenza was high on rate during the
time of infection. People across the globe suffered and dealt with outcomes and challenges which
was associated with this virus. The major consequences faced due to contagious influenza are as
follows.
Unemployment
Due the pandemic, many firms and organisation in order to sustain financially they
adopted a strategy to overcome with this pandemic by limiting their staff. As when pandemic or
natural disaster came across in any country, people as well as government get affected and deals
with circumstances in order to get normal. So, due to Spanish flu recession was concluded and
people were unemployed (Klemm, Das and Hartmann, 2016). The time may considered as
crucial for everyone. Due to employment, tendencies of suicide may gets increased.

Individual challenges
People are stated in different base level which is according to their financial wealth . In
this type of cases, the number of people who generally suffered are below poverty line, workers
who work on daily wages, houseworkers , guards etc (Hoppe, 2018). At the time of pandemic, all
person have to struggle individually whether they are rich or poor. Individual challenges can be
concluded as daily routine gets imbalanced. These pandemic also effect mental health which may
lead to serious illness or causes. Staying at home may lead mind to think more which may
useless for a person which may also derive sleeping sickness, nausea as well as depression.
In order to overcome from these thoughts one should utilize their time by indulging in
suitable activities.

REFRENCES
Books and Journal
Honigsbaum, M., 2018. Spanish influenza redux: revisiting the mother of all pandemics. The
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Klemm, C., Das, E. and Hartmann, T., 2016. Swine flu and hype: a systematic review of media
dramatization of the H1N1 influenza pandemic. Journal of Risk Research, 19(1), pp.1-
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Hoppe, T., 2018. “Spanish flu”: when infectious disease names blur origins and stigmatize those
infected. American journal of public health, 108(11), pp.1462-1464.
Johnson, E.J. and Hariharan, S., 2017. Public health awareness: knowledge, attitude and
behaviour of the general public on health risks during the H1N1 influenza
pandemic. Journal of Public Health, 25(3), pp.333-337.