Interestingly, the Spanish flu that swept the world in 19 18 actually broke out from the United States at first. At this time, what happened to China under the rule of Beiyang government?

(1) Spanish pandemic

According to the earliest records, on March 4th, 19 18, an officer from Kansas, USA, felt unwell. The specific symptoms were headache, high fever, muscle aches and loss of appetite. Just like the common cold, the officer didn't take it to heart. Who imagined that the disease swept the whole world like a tsunami in the next few months? This is the terrible Spanish influenza.

It was also at this time that the first world war broke out in Europe, and the United States joined the European War Group in this year. 19 18 In March, the first batch of 84,000 US troops were sent to France, and then influenza broke out in France. With the continuous input of American troops into the battlefield. No land in all European countries is peaceful. The Spanish flu broke out wantonly, and many people were infected with the virus.

Spain is the country most seriously affected by the flu. More than 8 million people in the whole country have been infected with the flu, even King Alfonso XIII has not been spared. Therefore, the disease is also known locally as Spanish influenza, and the Spaniards helped Americans take the blame. According to statistics, at least 50 million people died of Spanish flu at that time, 10 million more than the casualties of the whole World War I..

(B) China's pandemic influenza

Although Asia was far away from the center of World War I at that time, it did not escape the ravages of influenza virus, so China, Indian and other places were also affected in succession. In April of 19 18, the Spanish flu landed in Guangzhou, and then it began to spread to the whole country. At this time, it was the period of the Northern Warlords, and the country was poor and the people were poor. To make matters worse, our country was experiencing another epidemic before, called? Pneumonic plague .

Pneumonic plague began to spread explosively in 19 171February, and it was not put out until 19 18 May, which lasted for nearly 10 months. At that time, Suiyuan and Shanxi were the most serious epidemic areas, and historical data recorded: The dead are endless, and the living escape? How many people are there? It can be seen how serious the epidemic was at that time.

19 18 At the end of May, the pneumonic plague had just left, and some workers in a machine flour factory in Changchun had symptoms of fever and headache, and they were very painful after the onset, so they could not continue to work. After more than a month, patients with such symptoms appeared all over the country. When did they get sick? Bone pain all over? 、? Dizziness and fever? According to these symptoms, some places call this disease? Bone pain and fever? . ?

So, how many people died in this pandemic? It is said that at least three million people died. And India, whose national conditions are almost the same as China, died17 million people. At that time, Taiwan Province was under Japanese colonization, and their management was more formal than the chaos during the Beiyang government. According to statistics, 50,000 people died of influenza in Taiwan Province. ?

From this point of view, whenever the epidemic strikes, no country can be immune to it, and it is even worse to shirk and attack each other.