In the past 100 years, * * had four global influenza pandemics, namely, "Spanish Influenza" in 19 18 years (H 1N 1) and 1957 years.
These four pandemics were all caused by influenza A virus. The "Spanish influenza" in 19 18 was called "the biggest plague in human history". Due to the limited social medical conditions and scientific and technological level at that time, human understanding of influenza virus was not enough. 19 18 influenza epidemic fully demonstrated the natural power of influenza virus.
19 18 Brief introduction of Spanish epidemic situation
The Spanish flu killed 25 million to 1 100 million people in19/8. At that time, the total population of the world was only about 654.38+0.7 billion people. According to scientific research afterwards, "Spanish flu" did not originate in Spain, and "patient zero" did not appear in Spain. Why is the epidemic flu that spread from Europe to the whole world named "Spanish flu"?
Because during the First World War, Britain, France, Germany and all European countries were under strict news control, all things that might damage frontline morale were not allowed to be reported, and it was not allowed to play up the regional influenza A "plague".
In Europe, only the neutral Spanish media are not regulated, so they don't have to report the war. They report their flu situation every day, and the global media quickly follow up. They even named the Spanish flu virus "Spanish flu". In this way, the strong media confirmed the name and spread it.