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Flu Pandemic of 1918
Vocabulary
 Epidemic
 A widespead outbreak of an infectious disease in a
community or country
 Influenza
 Flu, infectious disease caused by a virus
 Pandemic
 An outbreak of an infectious disease that spreads to
multiple countries in various regions of the world
Basic Facts
 Estimated that 30-50 million
people died worldwide
 675,000 Americans
 In perspective, 250,000 to
500,000 die each year
worldwide now
Why is it important?
 Why did it spread so bad?
 Why did so many people die?
 What have we learned?