Influenza, or the flu, is a type of virus that specifically targets our body’s respiratory system.
The virus typically infects your lungs, throat, or nasal passages.
Because of the areas it infects, it’s typically spread when someone with the flu sneezes, coughs, or talks.
You can also be infected if you touch a surface that has recently been in contact with the virus and then touch your eyes, nose, or mouth.
For example,
if someone sneezes on a handrail and you touch it before scratching your eye, you could possibly catch the virus.
Like many others around the world, I too have at some point in time convinced myself that I am dying from the flu.
Just like the majority of these people, I was simply being melodramatic and recovered soon after.
While most people these days will recover from the flu without any serious trauma or risk of death, this is not always the case.
Let’s take a look at one of these more deadly varieties, the Spanish Flu
The Spanish Flu was the deadliest pandemic the world has ever seen!
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The Spanish Flu didn’t even come from Spain.
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The Spanish flu had multiple waves of outbreaks.
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More US soldiers died from the Spanish Flu than in battle.
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No one had any idea how to fight it.
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The Spanish Flu affected people of all ages.
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Social distancing helped prevent further deaths.
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Many modern strains of the flu are descendants of the Spanish Flu.
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The virus typically infects your lungs, throat, or nasal passages.
Because of the areas it infects, it’s typically spread when someone with the flu sneezes, coughs, or talks.
You can also be infected if you touch a surface that has recently been in contact with the virus and then touch your eyes, nose, or mouth.
For example,
if someone sneezes on a handrail and you touch it before scratching your eye, you could possibly catch the virus.
Like many others around the world, I too have at some point in time convinced myself that I am dying from the flu.
Just like the majority of these people, I was simply being melodramatic and recovered soon after.
While most people these days will recover from the flu without any serious trauma or risk of death, this is not always the case.
Let’s take a look at one of these more deadly varieties, the Spanish Flu
The Spanish Flu was the deadliest pandemic the world has ever seen!
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The Spanish Flu didn’t even come from Spain.
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The Spanish flu had multiple waves of outbreaks.
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More US soldiers died from the Spanish Flu than in battle.
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No one had any idea how to fight it.
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The Spanish Flu affected people of all ages.
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Social distancing helped prevent further deaths.
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Many modern strains of the flu are descendants of the Spanish Flu.
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