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New York City approached the 1918 influenza epidemic by making use of its existing robust public health infrastructure. Health officials worked to prevent the spread of contagion by distancing healthy New Yorkers from those infected, increasing ...
It seems to be following a typical pattern as occurs almost every decade—1947, 1957, 1968, 1977…But there is an outlier in the routine: the flu pandemic of 1918 which killed 55 million people around the world and is considered the deadliest health crisis in modern history and perhaps, ever.
distribution of epidemic deaths occurred during the 1917/1918 influenza season in New York City. The timing, magnitude, and age distribution of this mortality shift provide strong evidence that an early wave of the pandemic virus was present in New York City during February-April 1918. age-specific mortality I epidemic I herald wave I Spanish flu
August 11, 1918. A Norwegian ship with eleven cases of influenza docks and is met by ambulances and health care personnel. Influenza patients are hospitalized while convalescents and those who had contact with the ill are put under Department of Health surveillance. Image Gallery.
When influenza appeared in the United States in 1918, Americans responded to the incursion of disease with measures used since Antiquity, such as quarantines and social distancing. During the pandemic's zenith, many cities shut down essential services.
2 gru 2013 · To explore the dynamics of the 1918 pandemic and to identify potential age-specific transmission patterns, we examined daily mortality data for age-stratified cohorts during 1918–1920 in New York City (NYC).
In the space of eighteen months in 1918-1919, its three waves killed some 50 million people around the globe, or some 3 to 4 percent of the world’s population. To explain this catastrophe, one must first understand the influenza virus and its behaviour.
