occured in

1918

coinciding with

which was fought mostly in

TRENCHES

where

allowed for

MASSIVE CONTAMINATION

was globally

by unknowing

AMERICAN SOLDIERS

in

MILITARY CAMPS IN KANSAS

where it was overlooked as a

COMMON COLD

to

though it soon turned into

from a mutated strain of

SWINE FLU

that

STRUCKTHE YOUNG AND HEALTHY

by inciting a

which caused such symptoms as

FATIGUE, FEVER, HEADACHE &INCONTINENCE

that lead to

BLUE SKIN,BLOODY EARS

PROJECTILE NOSEBLEEDS

had an immense

leaving approximately

THE QUARANTINEOF ENTIRE CITIES

which created shortages of

by causing

so much so that

FUNERAL SERVICESWERE LIMITED TOFIFTEEN MINUTES

WIDESPREAD PANIC

INCREASING NATIONALISM& GOVERNMENT CONTROL

which led to the

CENSORSHIP OF NEWSPERTAINING TO THE FLU

giving it the misnomer of

NATIONS UNINVOLVEDIN THE WAR

namely,

SPAIN

and in the case of millions,

is thought to have

to combat

LOW MORALE.

CYTOKINE STORM(THE IMMUNE SYSTEM ATTACKING ITSELF)

which resulted in its

DEATH50 MILLION DEAD

which led to

which was an era of

This occured everywhere except

setting the stage for

EUROPEAN SOLDIERS& CIVILLIANS

manifesting in

MORTICIANS &GRAVEDIGGERS

BRUTAL CONDITIONS &USE OF MUSTARD GAS

22.4%INFLUENZA ALONE

58.5%PNEUMONIA (BRONCHIAL)

17.6%PNEUMONIA (LOBAR)

.6%MENINGITIS .9%

OTHER

THE SPANISH INFLUENZA

FATAL CASES OF INFLUENZA DUE TO COMPLICATIONSIn the U.S. Navy (1918)

resulted in many

WORLDWAR 1

SPREAD

ORIGINSCULTURAL

IMPACT

and

Source: http://www.history.navy.mil/library/online/influenza_secnavpta.htm

THE THREE WAVES OF THE FLU:March-November 1918

March 11

Camp cook at military base Fort Riley, Kansas is quarantined with cold-like symp-toms.

Within the hour others fall ill.

April

1, 127 soldiers at the base have the flu; 46 have died.

May

French soldiers infected, disease spreads across Europe

In the following weeks the flu spreads to Asia and Africa

August

Deadlier mutation strikes soldiers at ports in the United States, France, and Sierra Leone

July

The first wave of the flu appears to be dying out

November

Armistice day parades and crowds mark the start of a third wave, but the virus does not spread much further

1ST WAVE 2ND WAVE 3RD WAVE

Source: http://www.history.navy.mil/library/online/influenza_secnavpta.htm