The 1918 Spanish Flu—A Conspiracy of Silence | Part 1 of 3
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The 1918 Flu killed more people than both World Wars, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War combined—so why don't we talk about it more? This deadly disease took nearly 700,000 American lives and an estimated 50 million total. Break out your map and track this viral spread from Kansas to Europe and back.
Watch part two of this series here: https://youtu.be/TkgQQaVgqMw
This video is episode 11 from the series Mysteries of the Microscopic World, presented by Bruce Fleury
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0:00 The Absolute Mystery of the 1918 Spanish Flu
3:20 Time Travel to the Summer of 1918
4:06 Spanish Depopulation: First Known Pandemic of 1580
4:57 Fingers Point at Haskell County, Kansas for Patient 0
5:44 The Flu Seemingly Stops, But the War Must Go On
7:05 British Doctors Deny the Flu Exists
8:30 Soldiers Mutiny Over Influenza
9:40 Leviathan Ship Begins the Trend of Mass Infection
11:07 How Warships and Trenches Create a Savage Flu
11:50 The Anatomy and Function of a Virus
13:55 How the Immune System Recognizes Cells
14:43 How Viral Outbreaks Begin
15:20 H Spikes Are the Secret Weapons of this Deadly Virus
18:53 How a Mild Flu Becomes a Pandemic
19:05 Virus MutationDefies Immune System
21:12 Antigenic Shifts Cause the Second Wave in 1918
23:09 John Oxford Blames Hospital in Etaples, France
23:51 Extreme Symptoms of the Flu Generate Confusion
25:46 Second Wave Causes Secondary Lung Infections
26:08 Military Statistics Show Massive Flu Casualties
27:01 How 1918 Flu Differs From Other Pandemics
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