Site of the Day for Wednesday, May 20, 2020
The Spanish Flu
Today's site from the numbers driven Our World in Data offers a look at another
pandemic -- one estimated to have caused more than 50 million deaths. Gentle
Subscribers reaching for scientific and historical perspectives on pandemics in
general will find the content sobering but informative.
"Our World in Data presents the data and research to make progress against the
world's largest problems. The Spanish flu (1918-20): The global impact of the
largest influenza pandemic in history ... Max Roser" - from the website
Although there was virtually nothing Spanish about it, the 1918 Influenza
Pandemic lives on in North American popular history under this misnomer. This
presentation charts the reason for the nomenclature error before moving on to
thoroughly explain the charts and graphs which are the highlight of all Our
World in Data topics. An interactive Life Expectancy Graph 1830 to 2019
provides the user with the option to add a specific country to the table --
Canada for example, while explaining the significance of the numbers. A further
area of interest covers the impact of the 1918 Flu on different age groups, as
well as considering how it differs from the current Coronavirus situation. As
always Our World in Data features extensive documentation for its sources.
March to the site for the facts on the Spanish Flu at:
https://ourworldindata.org/spanish-flu-largest-influenza-pandemic-in-history
A.M. Holm
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