The Spanish Flu By: Kiera , Victoria & Xavier

1. The Spanish Flu By: Kiera , Victoria & Xavier

2. 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

3. 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

4. WHERE • Antarctica • North America • Europe • Asia • Africa • South America • All through out the globe • In every city, every town

5. 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.

6. 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

7. 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)

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. Timeline • Here is the timeline for the 1910-1919 Spanish flu.

12. Bibliography • The 1918 Influenza Pandemic." Virus. Web. 13 Dec. 2010. <http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/>. • "THE 1918 SPANISH INFLUENZA PANICS CANADA by George Siamandas." WELCOME TO GEORGE SIAMANDAS' WINNIPEG TIME MACHINE. Web. 13 Dec. 2010. <http://timemachine.siamandas.com/PAGES/more stories/SPANISH_INFLUENZA .htm>. • Comparison, By. "The Spanish Flu of 1918." Welcome to Mysteries of Canada. Web. 13 Dec. 2010. http://www.mysteriesofcanada.com/Canada/spanish_flu_of_1918.htm. • Contrast, By. "1918 Flu Pandemic." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Web. 13 Dec. 2010. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1918_flu_pandemic>. • "Spanish Flu Killed Millions, but Few Remember - Healthzone.ca." Health, Diet, Fitness, Exercise, Medical, Mental, Medication, Illness - Healthzone.ca. Web. 13 Dec. 2010. http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/499981.

13. Bibliography • "The Spanish Influenza Epidemic of 1918 Was Caused by Vaccinations---E. McBean(Swine Flu Expose)." WHALE. Web. 13 Dec. 2010. <http://whale.to/vaccine/sf1.html>. • "The Spanish Influenza 1918." Forsíða. Web. 13 Dec. 2010. http://www.vortex.is/sigrun/IcelandE.html • If I Die Before I Wake; The Flu Epidemic of Fiona McGregor, by: Jean Little