With all the hoopla over the possibilities of a swine flu pandemic I thought it would be interesting to give some context. According to WikiAnswers, WHO puts the number of confirmed cases of novel H1N1 deaths world-wide at around 430 dated as of July 6th, 2009. In contrast to this, do you know how many people died in the flu epidemic of 1918-1919? Answer after the jump.
In the three waves of the 1918-1919 flu epidemic, at least twenty million people succumbed. Indeed, many estimates run as high as thirty million dead. Coming on the heels of the First World War (in which only ten million perished), the pandemic spread more quickly and widely because of the large troop movements of the time.
In the three waves of the 1918-1919 flu epidemic, at least twenty million people succumbed. Indeed, many estimates run as high as thirty million dead. Coming on the heels of the First World War (in which only ten million perished), the pandemic spread more quickly and widely because of the large troop movements of the time.
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