Why Spanish Flu Killed Over 50 Million People - Deadliest Plague in Modern History
The Spanish flu swept the world between January 1918 through December 1920, infecting over 500 million people around the world. At first, it was just a normal flu, but it s second wave was the deadliest. But just why did the Spanish flu decimate the world population and what made it so deadly? In todays animated history video, we re taking a look at the lessons we can learn from Spanish flu and see just what went wrong. 📝 SOURCES: https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/1918-flu-pandemic https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20181023-the-places-that-escaped-the-spanish-flu https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2862339/ https://history.blog.gov.uk/2018/09/13/the-flu-that-wasnt-spanish/ https://www.thejournal.ie/contact-tracing-explainer-5034547-Mar2020/ http://www.doctorsreview.com/history/nov05-history/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_flu https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-cases-reported-in-deadly-influenza-epidemic https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/09/science/coronavirus-is-very-different-from-the-spanish-flu-of-1918-heres-how.html Check out my new channel I Am: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCH5YmeRhiQZt9_5Eky3A2og 🔔 SUBSCRIBE TO THE INFOGRAPHICS SHOW ► https://www.youtube.com/c/theinfographicsshowOFFICIAL?sub_confirmation=1 🔖 MY SOCIAL PAGES DISCORD ►https://discord.gg/theinfoshow Facebook ► https://www.facebook.com/TheInfographicsShow Twitter ► https://twitter.com/TheInfoShow 💭 SUGGEST A TOPIC https://www.theinfographicsshow.com All videos are based on publicly available information unless otherwise noted.
