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The Spanish Flu, a worldwide pandemic<\/h2>\n\n

In 1918, a particularly virulent and contagious influenza pandemic (H1N1 strain) spread across the world. It killed nearly 50 million people and up to 100 million, according to some recent studies. \nThe most likely transmission of the disease would come from carrier pigeons that were used in the different armies to communicate across the various fronts. They were even called “flying rats” because, like rodents, they were vectors of several diseases. <\/p>\n\n

Aided by the development of transportation, the progression of the virus was lightning fast. In less than three months, all continents were affected. The main areas affected were India, China, and Europe. \n \nThe pandemic more created global awareness, which led to the formation of the International Hygiene Committee, which later became the World Health Organization (WHO).<\/p>\n\n

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Spanish Flu patients at the US Army medical camp in Aix-les-Bains, France, 1918.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Women wearing surgical masks during the Spanish flu in Brisbane, Australia, 1919<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Serbian soldiers affected by the Spanish Flu and treated in Rotterdam on February 5, 1919.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","type_sujet":[83],"class_list":["post-5656","sujets-thematiques","type-sujets-thematiques","status-publish","hentry","type_sujet-first-world-war"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nLand of Memory: The Spanish Flu, a worldwide pandemic<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Spanish Flu, a worldwide pandemic, spread in 1918 and killed more people than the war itself.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.landofmemory.eu\/en\/sujets-thematiques\/the-spanish-flu\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Land of Memory: The Spanish Flu, a worldwide pandemic\" \/>\n<meta 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