This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.
Do you want to uncover the history of the spanish flu? Are you interested in learning how it originated and spread across the globe, and the destruction it left in its wake? Then this book is for you.
The spanish flu is an infamous virus which surged across 1918 europe, leaving a devastating pile of bodies in its wake. It crippled an already war-damaged europe, claimed millions of lives, and had a profound impact on the 20th century at large.
In this book, you will learn:
- The epic story of the spanish flu 1918
- Why and how the pandemic started
- Why led to the name "spanish flu"
- Various symptoms of the flu
- The reactions of the government and people towards the outbreak (authoritative measures taken to curb the virus, the people's adoptive preventative measures)
- The socio-economic consequences of the pandemic
- Its impact on the american socio-economy
The spanish flu was the worst pandemic the world has ever seen next to the bubonic plague of 1346. About 500 million people were infected by it and between 25 - 50 million lost their lives. It occurred toward the end of the 1st world war which lasted between 1918 -1920.
This book revisits the spanish flu in a unique way, starting with a brief scientific explanation of the virus and then going deeper to explore its historical context.
