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1918 Flu Pandemic - The Forgotten Plague - Extra History - #6 (Patreon)

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2018-08-10 17:31:00
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The flu was over, at last. It caused so much devastation and destruction, and also inspired a lot of technological and scientific progress. If a new strain does arise, we are much more prepared than the doctors of 1918. 

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1918 Flu Pandemic - The Forgotten Plague - Extra History - #6

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Comments

Martin Verran

After the Cease-Fire was Signed in the Railway Siding in Compiegne, Jubilent Newspapers Flashed around the World that the War to End all Wars was now, Finally, over. This Meant that, in Paris, Work Crews went out to Light the Lights that been out for the past Four Years in the City of Lights, in London, Big Ben Tolled for the First Time in Four Years and in New York, Warehouse Sirens and Firehouse Sirens were Shrieking and People Poured out into the Streets Banging Pots and Pans. While all this was going on, the Parents of the War Poet, Wilfred Owen, were Receiving the Dreaded Telegram Informing them of their Son's Death during the Battle of the Sambre-Oise Canal [One of the last Pitch Battles of the War] a Week before.

Jason Youngberg

This is why I don't care for alternate history. It's impossible to predict what would have happened. A bit of good luck and we might have been spared Stalin and Trump. A bit more bad luck and we might not have so many good people. Without at all we wouldn't have our modern world.

Joshua Evans-Lowell

mr president why are you in my hundred-year-old history video

Cindy Franklin

I already get the flu shot since my work place forces me to(I work in a hospital). Though after seeing this, I'm not going to complain about it anymore!

Darren Loo

These days, half the world would be convinced that vaccination teams were actually CIA agents spreading biological weapons and reject any kind of "scientific" cure in favor of... I dunno, prayer groups and veganism?

Calli Eve

I remember that a couple of yeas ago there was a flu that many people that had the spanish flu before were immune to as they were very similar. this strain is still very much around, luckily we are more prepared indeed

Wesley Wu
>>14568273

Of course it's impossible to predict what would happen in an alternate history, but that doesn't mean it isn't fun to try. It's like saying science fiction is bad because you can't predict the future.

Martin Verran
>>14568273

I'm doing an Alternate History Scenario Right at the Moment about what if the Dogger Bank Incident wasn't Resolved Peacefully and the First World War Broke out in 1904 as Opposed to 1914.

blueneuron.net

Yeah, I can't take Matt. Sorry, but I'm withdrawing from the patreon. Best of luck!

Nathan Black

Can someone explain something to me? If vaccines take months to create, and possibly don't even solve the problem (like in e1 where the vaccine that was created was ineffective), should vaccines be considered effective cures? Can they effectively stop epidemics? After all, vaccines don't stop me from carrying the flu, only from getting sick from it.

Elizabeth Nicholson
>>14661295

Most vaccines work by teaching your immune system what to fight. This means that when you come into contact with something (measles, flu, etc.) your immune systems is much more effective. This helps keep the viral load down to a level where a) you don't get very sick and b) you can't transmit the disease. It's stopping the transmission that stops an epidemic, not curing those who are ill.

Steven Merry
>>14661295

One of the best things that vaccines do is create 'herd immunity'. Where, once a large number of people are vaccinated, the disease struggles to spread. Also, a vaccine generally won't cure someone who is currently ill, but can sometimes lessen symptoms.

Nathan Black
>>14661295

Sorry, I know it's not a "cure" per say,since it supposed to more so induce the sickness in a controlled environment. I should have made that more clear. I just thought vaccines trained YOUR immune system so YOU don't get sick. I thought you could be immune, but still contagious.

Marcel Haddad
>>14579585

But it is true that CIA used vaccination campaign for spying purpose. That's how they found the location of Ben Laden. My point is not that vaccination is a bad thing, but ridiculing the opinions of others will not help the cause.

Marcel Haddad

Like some other, I'm not really fond of Matt's voice for EC History episodes... It's too... histrionic, melodramatic (I had to search for these words to describe what I feel :p) I just had to say it... it affects my pleasure to watch ECH..

Renee - EnsembleofWolves

Wanted to chime in and say that I've been very much enjoying Matt's performance in these videos! Thanks for narrating!

Bill Lemmond

Agreed: I like Matt's voice. I miss the cartoony voice modulation, but I don't mind. And I think you got through to more people, using the cartoon cat at the end. It's memorable. And yes, I always get my flu shot. Gone are the days when they told me "There are plenty of doses," only for me to hear days later that supplies were still short.