Americans prepare to join the fight overseas. The yanks are coming the drums are coming everywhere but there was another fight about to take place right here on american soil. One that would eventually kill more people than the great war itself. It was the influenza pandemic of 1918 known back then as the spanish flu. You said you cant understand how america dealt with the influenza pandemic in 1918 without understanding world war i. Because everything about the pandemic was related to the war and everything about the war at that time was related in a sense to the pandemic. Historian Kenneth Davis says an early outbreak of flu was reported at camp fundston, part of fort riley in kansas. Young men arriving for training and deployment were suddenly becoming sick. The outbreak in kansas in march of 1918. March 4th, we know the date. Doctors are noticing a strange influenza that doesnt look like anything else they have ever seen. What were the first symptoms they started to see . Very high
One that would eventually kill more people than the great war itself. It was the influenza pandemic of 1918, known back then as the spanish flu. And we wont come back till its over over there you said you cant understand how america with the influenza pandemic in 1918 without understanding world war 1 . Because everything about the pandemic was related to the war. And everything about the war at that time was related, in a sense, to the pandemic. Historian Kenneth Davis says an early outbreak of flu was reported at camp fundsten, part of ft. Riley in texas. Young men arriving for training and deployment were becoming sick. The outbreak in 1918 . March 4th, 1918, we know the date. Doctors are starting to notice a strange influenza that doesnt look like anything else theyve ever seen. What were the first symptoms they started to see . Very high fever. Tremendous body aches. Like backbreaking body aches. Then as it progressed, these very otherwise healthy young men, who had just reported
But there was another fight about to take place right here on american soil. One that would eventually kill more people than the great war itself. It was the influenza pandemic of 1918. Known back then as the spanish flu. You said you cant understand how america dealt with the influenza pandemic in 1918 without understanding world war i. Because everything about the pandemic was related to the war. Everything about the war at that time was related in a sense to the pandemic. Historian Kenneth Davis says an early outbreak of flu was reported at a camp in kansas. Young men arriving for training and deployment were suddenly becoming sick. The outbreak was march of 1918. March 4, 1918. We know the date. Doctors are starting to notice a strange influenza that doesnt look like anything else they have seen. What were the first symptoms that they started to see . Very high fever. Tremendous body aches, like back breaking b ining body breaks. As it progresses, healthy young men who had reported
About to take place right here on american soil. One that would eventually kill more people than the great war itself. It was the influenza pandemic of 1918, known back then as the spanish flu. And we wont come back till its over over there you said you cant understand how america dealt with the influenza pandemic in 1918 would understanding world war i. Because everything about the pandemic was related to the war. And everything about the war at that time was related, in a sense, to the pandemic. Historian Kenneth Davis says an early outbreak of flu was reported at camp funston, part of ft. Riley in kansas. Young men arriving for training and deployment were becoming sick. The outbreak in kansas was 1918 . March 4th, 1918, we know the date. Doctors are starting to notice a strange influenza that doesnt look like anything else theyve ever seen. What were the first symptoms they started to see . Very high fever. Tremendous body aches. Like backbreaking body aches. Then as it progressed,
A special country. She ran from above. Start september 16th on d, w. Ah. The winter of 1918 is that particularly cold one. Freezing temperature is paralyzed the United States with but america has just entered the 1st world war, and nothing can be allowed to disrupt the training of the troops. And yet in the shadow of these preparations, another peril awaits a scourge. Worse than the war is about to strike. Ah, in a few short months, it will rec, havoc and destruction on the planet before disappearing again and be forgotten. It is thought that it might have started at the military camp at funds in kansas, where 30000. 00 men were preparing for their baptism of fire on the battlefield. On march, 4th, a cook missed morning call, followed by 2 soldiers by mid day. More than 100 soldiers had to pull out of training. They all had the same symptoms. High fever, muscle aches, headaches, and a terrible cough. For edward schriner, the base physician, the diagnosis was clear. The soldiers were su