The Spanish Flu pandemic in 1918

[Bonniegirl]

Have you guys heard of this? It was a very bad pandemic from 1918 to 1920, similar to this Corona virus! It hit Philadelphia particularly hard , apparently a lot of people caught it at a parade that should have been canceled! I will copy and paste some info about the Spanish flu , but I am not good at posting links , so if anyone wants to add to it, please do! Talking to my Dad about this being we are from Philly , he wasn't born yet , not till 1929 , but as far as he knows nobody in our family before that had died from it thank God ! It hit other areas of course besides Philadelphia, it started in Europe, so you might want to ask some of your older relatives about this!


The Spanish flu, also known as the 1918 flu pandemic, was an unusually deadly influenza pandemic. Lasting from January 1918 to December 1920, it infected 500 million people – about a third of the world's population at the time.[2] The death toll is estimated to have been anywhere from 17 million to 50 million, and possibly as high as 100 million, making it one of the deadliest pandemics in human history.[3]

[Foggy]

President Trump has been speaking about this almost from the beginning...

Here is a list of a few links for your reading pleasure :

CDC
1918 Pandemic (H1N1 virus)
https://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-res...emic-h1n1.html

WIKIPEDIA
Spanish flu
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_flu

STANFORD
The Influenza Pandemic of 1918
https://virus.stanford.edu/uda/

HISTORY
https://www.history.com/topics/world...8-flu-pandemic

WEBMD
Four Lessons From the 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic
https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/2020...flu-pandemic#1

BIOSPACE
Compare: 1918 Spanish Influenza Pandemic Versus COVID-19
https://www.biospace.com/article/com...rsus-covid-19/

[AB]

In the cemetery where my relatives are buried there a quite a few people with death dates during that time period 1918-1920. I don't know how many died from the Spanish Flu though. Some of the graves are from before the Civil War. It's interesting to read all the grave stones.

[Bonniegirl]

Originally Posted by Foggy

President Trump has been speaking about this almost from the beginning...

Here is a list of a few links for your reading pleasure :

CDC
1918 Pandemic (H1N1 virus)
https://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-res...emic-h1n1.html

WIKIPEDIA
Spanish flu
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_flu

STANFORD
The Influenza Pandemic of 1918
https://virus.stanford.edu/uda/

HISTORY
https://www.history.com/topics/world...8-flu-pandemic

WEBMD
Four Lessons From the 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic
https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/2020...flu-pandemic#1

BIOSPACE
Compare: 1918 Spanish Influenza Pandemic Versus COVID-19
https://www.biospace.com/article/com...rsus-covid-19/

Thank you for the links Foggy !!

[Bonniegirl]

Originally Posted by AB

In the cemetery where my relatives are buried there a quite a few people with death dates during that time period 1918-1920. I don't know how many died from the Spanish Flu though. Some of the graves are from before the Civil War. It's interesting to read all the grave stones.

That is interesting that so many of the dates on the headstones were in that time period. Maybe it was from that pandemic ! I'm like that too, when I go to a cemetery I am really fascinated when I see really old graves ! Thank you for responding to my post AB, I was starting to think nobody had any interest in it !

So strange how the Spanish flu pandemic ended exactly 100 years before this one started! For back than without modern medicine, lasting 2 years, chances are this one will be over much more quickly !!

[Penny Lane]

Originally Posted by AB

In the cemetery where my relatives are buried there a quite a few people with death dates during that time period 1918-1920. I don't know how many died from the Spanish Flu though. Some of the graves are from before the Civil War. It's interesting to read all the grave stones.

In the cemetery in my home town there is a family plot with an entire family both young and old all who died the same year. 1918. I always assumed it was due to that Spanish Flu. It's such a sad reminder.

[AB]

Originally Posted by Bonniegirl

That is interesting that so many of the dates on the headstones were in that time period. Maybe it was from that pandemic ! I'm like that too, when I go to a cemetery I am really fascinated when I see really old graves ! Thank you for responding to my post AB, I was starting to think nobody had any interest in it !

So strange how the Spanish flu pandemic ended exactly 100 years before this one started! For back than without modern medicine, lasting 2 years, chances are this one will be over much more quickly !!

I imagine many of the people who caught it back then, didn't even know what it was, especially those in rural areas. It's not like today when you're reminded of it constantly with back to back news coverage.
That is uncanny about the 100 years between the epidemics.

[AB]

Originally Posted by Penny Lane

In the cemetery in my home town there is a family plot with an entire family both young and old all who died the same year. 1918. I always assumed it was due to that Spanish Flu. It's such a sad reminder.

Yeah when you see so many people who died in certain time periods you wonder just what happened to them. You don't know if it was due to war, an epidemic or some other catastrophe.

[opus]

Came across this today. Betty White’s husband Allen Ludden had his father die from the Spanish Flu in early 1919 at age 26 (Allen was 1)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_Ludden

[Bonniegirl]

Originally Posted by Penny Lane

In the cemetery in my home town there is a family plot with an entire family both young and old all who died the same year. 1918. I always assumed it was due to that Spanish Flu. It's such a sad reminder.

Oh wow!! God bless them ! That is really sad ! I know they all have a place in heaven though ! I'm thinking people who are dying of the Corona virus now might be meeting with those who passed away from the Spanish flu spiritually in the after life!

I hope that didn't come off sounding weird or silly, I really didn't mean for it too! I meant maybe they are bonding in heaven over a similar tragic circumstance and now they are in eternal peace !

[Bonniegirl]

Originally Posted by AB

I imagine many of the people who caught it back then, didn't even know what it was, especially those in rural areas. It's not like today when you're reminded of it constantly with back to back news coverage.
That is uncanny about the 100 years between the epidemics.

That is a good point! Maybe some people really didn't know what was happening, why they were getting that sick and dying !!

[Bonniegirl]

Originally Posted by opus

Came across this today. Betty White’s husband Allen Ludden had his father die from the Spanish Flu in early 1919 at age 26 (Allen was 1)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_Ludden

OMG ! Wow, that is really something ! Interesting find Opus ! Very sad for Mrs.Ludden becoming a widow that young with a one year old child and maybe more children ?!

[MrCleveland]

I feel that the Coronavirus may be deadlier than The Spain Flu...I'm surprised that parades and events weren't on hiatus in 1919...unlike this year...

[OH Nuts!]

Originally Posted by Bonniegirl

Oh wow!! God bless them ! That is really sad ! I know they all have a place in heaven though ! I'm thinking people who are dying of the Corona virus now might be meeting with those who passed away from the Spanish flu spiritually in the after life!

I hope that didn't come off sounding weird or silly, I really didn't mean for it too! I meant maybe they are bonding in heaven over a similar tragic circumstance and now they are in eternal peace !

Not silly at all! We have no way of knowing what “happens” after we die and this is certainly plausible.

[Bonniegirl]

Originally Posted by OH Nuts!

Not silly at all! We have no way of knowing what “happens” after we die and this is certainly plausible.

There was a movie called "The lovely bones" from 2009, that went with that theory ! Little girls who had been murdered that didn't know each other on earth bonded in heaven! It was a really cool, eerie movie !!