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The Spanish Flu By: Kiera, Victoria & Xavier
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WHO People around the globe Antarctica North America Europe Asia Africa South America Mostly young, healthy people (20-30 year olds) Pregnant women who miscarried, almost always died 85% of Aboriginals died along the Peace River Killed 50 million people world wide Seniors and children had a less of a chance to get sick
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WHAT People got vaccinations Then they got: Symptoms like: high fever, delirium, headache, nosebleed, sever cough, pneumonia Delirium: you have no idea what you are saying are doing, feels like you are in a dream. Pneumonia: inflammation of the lungs
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WHERE Antarctica North America Europe Asia Africa South America All through out the globe In every city, every town
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WHEN October 9, 1918 Ended spring of 1919 3 waves, between 1918 and 1919. The earliest sighting of people getting sick was in 1913, but it was very few people.
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WHY Because of the doctors vaccinations Spanish were the first to say that they had a pandimedic It spread because they were sick, but they didn’t know that at first. They also never covered up their mouths or noses Originally started in Fort Riley, Kansas
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HOW People who had it coughed or sneezed on other people Spreads like a normal flu Actually came from vaccinations It spread to Canada from the soldiers coming home from the war (when they came home, they couldn’t touch their wives, because of all the diseases they had)
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Death Tolls Saskatchewan: over 5,000 deaths Alberta: 33,000-38,000 cases, 3,000-4,000 deaths British Columbia: There are no provincial statistics, but Vancouver alone there were 800-1,000 deaths Manitoba: There are no provincial statistics, but Winnipeg alone there were 820-1,020 deaths Northwest Territories: No statistics Ontario: 300,000 cases, 8,705 deaths Quebec: 535,700 cases, 13,880 deaths New Brunswick: 35,581 cases, 1,394 deaths
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Death Tolls Prince Edward Island: 101 deaths Nova Scotia: 1,600 deaths Newfoundland and Labrador: There are no firm statistics are available, but more than a third of the people along the coast died In the U.S., 500,000-700,000 people died
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Sad Interesting Facts The total number of deaths in Canada was up to 50,000, that was still less than half of 1% of Canada’s population 85% Aboriginals died in the Peace River area Aboriginal mother,(husband already died) paddled down 33 miles passing Kapuskasing, with a 6 mile portage to find a doctor for her 2 kids. In Calgary they had ran out of coffins so they put the corpses on their cabin roofs 58 out of 70 people were sick Very close to H1N1
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Timeline Here is the timeline for the 1910-1919 Spanish flu.
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Bibliography "The Spanish Influenza Epidemic of 1918 Was Caused by Vaccinations---E. McBean(Swine Flu Expose)." WHALE. Web. 13 Dec. 2010.. "The Spanish Influenza 1918." Forsíða. Web. 13 Dec. 2010. http://www.vortex.is/sigrun/IcelandE.htmlhttp://www.vortex.is/sigrun/IcelandE.html If I Die Before I Wake; The Flu Epidemic of Fiona McGregor, by: Jean Little
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