{"id":3323,"date":"2020-10-07T12:36:37","date_gmt":"2020-10-07T16:36:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst1010304f2019\/?p=3323"},"modified":"2020-10-07T12:36:37","modified_gmt":"2020-10-07T16:36:37","slug":"blog-post-10-12-kayla-oconnell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst1010304f2019\/2020\/10\/07\/blog-post-10-12-kayla-oconnell\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog Post 10\/12- Kayla O’Connell"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the article \u201cSpanish Flu\u201d, we learned the origins and the history behind the deadly 1918 pandemic. The 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic infected 500 million people worldwide. The pandemic killed 20-50 million people worldwide. Citizens of the time were \u201cordered to wear masks, schools, theaters and businesses were shuttered and bodies piled up in makeshift morgues before the virus ended it\u2019s deadly global march\u201d. The first wave of the spanish flu was generally mild. Individuals who were infected experienced mild flu symptoms. However, the second wave appeared again within the same year. Individuals who were infected during this time usually died within hours or days of developing symptoms. All in all, around 3 percent of the world population died from this pandemic. Not only did the Spanish Flu wipe out entire families, but also took a heavy toll on society. The funeral parlors were overwhelmed, people had to dig their own graves for family members, the economy was negatively impacted, and there were not enough farmers to harvest crops.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Different cities tried to stop the Spanish Flu by utilizing different tactics. New York City tried to slow the transmission of the flu by implementing shifts on the subways. Missouri closed schools and movie theaters as well as public gatherings. San Francisco residents were fined $5 if they were caught without wearing a mask. Whereas, Philadelphia claimed that the Spanish Flu was a \u201cnormal flu\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Fast forward to 2020 and we are once again facing a global pandemic. Sadly, we have yet to learn from our mistakes of 1918. We were too slow to respond to Covid due to the mismanagement of our government. Our lack of leadership led to misinformation regarding dangerous cures. In addition, our lack of trust made it harder for the right treatments to be spread. Covid continues to spread across the world and infect millions of people. At the rate at which we are progressing, I question if Covid will have a second wave like the Spanish Flu did. If we don\u2019t act quickly and follow the rules recommended to us, our future as we know it could be extremely deadly.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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