The epidemic originated in the United States and broke out quite quickly.
1965438+In March 2008, the US military was training new recruits and preparing to send them to the European battlefield. On June 1 1, at the boot camp in Fenston, Kansas, a private named Jicher found a nurse and said to her, "I have been having chills recently, and my throat is very sore. I have a headache and my muscles are sore."
This is the first recorded case, known as the "patient zero" of the Spanish epidemic. At that time, it was not clear what caused his infection.
At that time, 36 boot camps were established in the United States, and some officers and men would keep moving, so the epidemic spread everywhere. In the end, flu cases appeared in 24 training camps. At this time, even if someone noticed something was wrong, the death of dozens of people was not a big deal for thousands of American troops who died on the battlefield.
What is even more frightening is that under the vacation mechanism of the US military, recruits can enjoy five days' vacation in three months. What was supposed to be a happy family reunion turned into a free ride with the flu and was transported to all parts of the United States. By the end of April, there were 30 cases of influenza in 50 big cities in the United States.
The epidemic spread all over the world, and China was also affected.
The epidemic spread rapidly. 1965438+In March 2008, 84,000 American troops were transported to France, and their arrival built a bridge for the virus. In April, there were also cases of infection in the unwitting British and French troops. In May, a large number of cases occurred in France, both civilians and troops.
After the Germans brought the British and French prisoners back to the barracks, they were completely angry. Therefore, most of the combat power is paralyzed and there is almost no strength to fight back. It can only be defeated. This virus even became the main reason for the early end of World War I.
On the other hand, Asia, although far from the center of World War I, has not escaped the ravages of the virus, and China has also been affected.
In April, the Spanish flu landed in Guangzhou. At that time, China was in the period of Northern Warlords, and their melee alone was enough for the people. At the beginning of the year before last, the plague just broke out in many places in China, from Peking to Nanking. The plague made the people miserable. Just under control in April, there was another Spanish flu. It never rains but it pours.
At the end of May, workers in a flour mill in Changchun developed fever symptoms. In recent more than a month, patients with such symptoms have appeared one after another in the local area, and people have sought medical treatment one after another, but the medical level is limited and the pain cannot be solved. At the end of June, patients with such infections began to appear on a large scale all over the country.
The country is poor and the people are poor, and the government is simply unable to carry out epidemic prevention work. In the face of the affected people, we can only fight hard on our own. It is reported that at least 3 million people died at that time. At that time, Taiwan Province Province was under Japanese colonial rule, and about 50,000 people died of influenza.
On June+10, 5438, an influenza outbreak broke out in China, and the epidemic situation in the south was more serious than that in the north. Especially in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, after the autumn, it was widely rumored that "one village, ten rooms, nine households, a family of ten, ten people died nine times", which shows the seriousness.
According to the newspaper records at that time, some places even snapped up coffins. Some families can't afford the money, so they can only use hemp paper instead and bury the infected people hastily.
Over time, the epidemic finally disappeared.
In order to boost morale, all the countries participating in the war at that time implemented strict news control. Spain can be a neutral country and is not restricted by this layer. They stopped reporting the war and focused on their own epidemic prevention work. However, at that time, the discourse power of the mainstream media was in the hands of the victorious country, so this flu has always been called "Spanish flu" and has been seriously stigmatized.
Strangely, in July, the flu suddenly disappeared and there were few new infections. In August, the flu mutated. From France, America and other places, the second wave broke out in an all-round way. The death rate of this flu is extremely high, and the death rate is particularly fast. Since the diagnosis of the disease, many patients even had no time to receive initial treatment and died within a few hours.
10 ended, the second wave of influenza disappeared again, and the number of infected people dropped to freezing point. 1 65438+1October1,Germany formally signed the surrender. 1919/month, the influenza virus mutated again and launched the third wave of offensive. Mutant, with low lethality, did not cause much waves, and disappeared completely the following year.
According to the characteristics of influenza, people in China also call it "Five-Day Epidemic" and "Osteodynia". On June19181KLOC-0/day, Shanghai Shenbao published an article entitled "Notice on handling epidemic situation" to remind people to pay attention to personal hygiene safety and prevent and control epidemic situation.
Subsequently, the government and the people also carried out epidemic control work, such as burning Chinese herbal medicines to disinfect the air and splashing limewater on houses. After 65438+February, as the temperature gradually decreased, the domestic epidemic situation gradually improved, and it never happened again.