Spanish Flu 1918

Introduction

Something endemic is native to a particular place or always to be found in a particular region, such as certain diseases that neither increase nor decrease but are simply always present there. Something epidemic is prevalent and spreading rapidly in a particular region or community, like a mild flu. However something pandemic is omnipresent, spread over a huge area, to be found everywhere - such as the Spanish Flu of 1918.

Discussion

The Spanish Flu started to make its appearance in North America in September of 1918 and when it had run its course by late 1919, an estimated over 25 ...