Spanish Flu

Symptoms of the Spanish Flu included:

• Bleeding from the nose, mouth, eyes, and ears

• People turned dark blue from lack of air.

• Fever and coughing

• All the above

In the movie about the Spanish Flu, which of the following was true in the United States:

• The authorities told the public that the Spanish Flu outbreak was just the "regular flu".

• Almost everyone who contracted (came down with) the Spanish Flu died.

• The authorities told the public that the flu that broke out was a deadly new type of flu.

• A vaccine was developed shortly after the Spanish Flu broke out, so the outbreak only lasted a month or two.

The Spanish Flu was first detected where?

• Germany

• Spain

• Europe somewhere.

• The United States

In the movie, it was mentioned that Philadelphia had a great outbreak of the Spanish Flu because of:

• All the soldiers coming back from the war

• All the churches, schools, and shops were still open

• A parade.

• There wasn't an outbreak of the Spanish Flu in Philadelphia.

The Spanish Flu was spread by:

• Being in the city

• Mosquitoes

• Droplets of bodily fluids

• The dirty waters of the trenches in World War I.

The Spanish Flu killed how many people world-wide?

Which statement is false:

• Vaccinations and antibiotics had not yet been discovered in 1918.

• In 1918 people knew enough to wash their hands to prevent the Spanish Flu from spreading.

• In the U.S., churches, schools, and shops closed down during the Spanish Flu outbreak .

• The number of people who died of the Spanish Flu would be equivalent to 225-450 million people in today's times.

In the movie, the author of a book about the Spanish Flu outbreak claims the biggest lesson to be learned from the outbreak was:

• You only live once.

• Wear a mask

• To tell the truth.

• Life is short.

As said in the Spanish Flu movie, the 2020 COVID Pandemic will not be as deadly as the 1918 outbreak because:

• People know what to do and follow the rules.

• We can trust our leaders about how to defeat the virus.

• We've learned from the past and won't repeat our mistakes.

• Advances in science.

True or False: More soldiers died of the Spanish Flu than died in 4 years of fighting in World War I