Spanish Flu: a warning from history

100 years ago, celebrations marking the end of the First World War were cut short by the onslaught of a devastating disease - the 1918-19 influenza pandemic. Its early origins and initial geographical starting point still remain a mystery but in the Summer of 1918, there was a second wave of a far more virulent form of the influenza virus than anyone could have anticipated. Soon dubbed ‘Spanish Flu’ after its effects were reported in the country’s newspapers, the virus rapidly spread across much of the globe to become one of the worst natural disasters in human history.
To mark the centenary and to highlight vital scientific research, the University of Cambridge has made a new film exploring what we have learnt about Spanish Flu, the urgent threat posed by influenza today, and how scientists are preparing for future pandemics.

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  • @aarong8633
    @aarong86334 жыл бұрын

    A healthy person has a million wishes, a sick person has but one.

  • @neobailey5268

    @neobailey5268

    4 жыл бұрын

    Nice

  • @davidazinger5639
    @davidazinger56394 жыл бұрын

    We only learn history in the middle of repeating it.

  • @krauser8429
    @krauser84295 жыл бұрын

    Never take being healthy for granted

  • @BarriBarac
    @BarriBarac4 жыл бұрын

    Who is watching this while locked-down or self-isolating due to Coronavirus?

  • @onewomanslife
    @onewomanslife4 жыл бұрын

    It did not start I. Spain. They call it “Spanish” because Spain was the only place that did not censor the truth of its existence.

  • @danmiller2940
    @danmiller29404 жыл бұрын

    The gamechanger today is the airplane.

  • @lisalovelylpa
    @lisalovelylpa4 жыл бұрын

    My grandma was alive then , she would breast feed baby’s who had no moms the moms died from flu or who’s moms were sick , she lost an infant baby and a teenage daughter to the flu. This was in New York City.

  • @emmanueldauteuil756
    @emmanueldauteuil7564 жыл бұрын

    "It might be 10 years from now", says he. Well, that was optimistic.

  • @michaelterrell2108
    @michaelterrell21083 жыл бұрын

    "It might be 10 years from now, it might be 20, 30, or 40. We really don't know." 1 year later, COVID-19 struck.

  • @hkends8983
    @hkends89834 жыл бұрын

    Wow. Incredible respect for the nurses who continued to take care of the patients through this.

  • @zeegeejay
    @zeegeejay4 жыл бұрын

    I think they forgot to knock on wood after making this video.

  • @ElenaWraithSevatarion
    @ElenaWraithSevatarion4 жыл бұрын

    We are living history right now. May we survive this

  • @taylorverrall118
    @taylorverrall1184 жыл бұрын

    Why does the KZread algorithm insist of fuelling my paranoia and anxiety.

  • @StevenSiew2
    @StevenSiew24 жыл бұрын

    How come when I watch this video, I don't feel like I am watching a history channel and I feel like I am watching the six O'clock news.

  • @martinrutkowski9504
    @martinrutkowski95044 жыл бұрын

    Why is this not a Netflix documentary? With the exact atmosphere this video has... eerie, unsettling, uncanny and even scary, but incredibly informative as well without descending into melodrama. One can only wish or watch on repeat.

  • @Rodrigo-tk2fm
    @Rodrigo-tk2fm4 жыл бұрын

    Who's here trying to figure out how serious is Corona virus??

  • @facekidnoise
    @facekidnoise4 жыл бұрын

    History keeps repeating itself. Same movie different actors.

  • @Lifeskeyishappiness
    @Lifeskeyishappiness3 жыл бұрын

    2120: COVID-19 pandemic: A warning from history

  • @sheilafreeman686
    @sheilafreeman6865 жыл бұрын

    My grandmother died in London of the Spanish flu one hundred years ago today. My aunt also died.

  • @janetlynch5804
    @janetlynch58044 жыл бұрын

    My G. Aunt died of this flu in 1918. She was in her 30's and had 2 young boys. I never knew her. Her name was Grace May. Very Sad.

  • @duongly
    @duongly4 жыл бұрын

    That's it. I'm building a log shack in the mountains. With Wi-Fi.

  • @marko11kram
    @marko11kram4 жыл бұрын

    My grandmother survived the Spanish Flu. She was 10 years old

  • @leesimpson1677
    @leesimpson16774 жыл бұрын

    I can understand how flu is so deadly. I caught the flu when I was at University in the late 60's. I was in my late teens & was extremely fit. The virus put me on my back for over 3 weeks. At the height of the illness, if my house had been set on fire, I would not have been able to get out of bed to save myself I was so weak. I honestly thought I was dying at one point. I am convinced that if I had been the age I am now (68) I would not have survived. In Jan 2020 in light of the new virus in China, this is worrying to say the least.

  • @bosnianlady10
    @bosnianlady104 жыл бұрын

    "Experts say it's not if but when" 2020: How about now?

  • @markm3919
    @markm39194 жыл бұрын

    “It will probably happen again” Good guess

  • @mivapusa
    @mivapusa4 жыл бұрын

    My oh my, what timing KZread's recommendations have...

  • @victoriannecastle
    @victoriannecastle4 жыл бұрын

    A year after this upload, we have corona

  • @topopops
    @topopops4 жыл бұрын

    if you have ever had real flu, I did once when I was about 19 for 4 days straight I couldn’t even walk, turning over on my bed was a mammoth task.

  • @2HRTS1LOVE
    @2HRTS1LOVE4 жыл бұрын

    My grandpa lived to be almost 100, he had vivid memories of the Spanish Flu from his childhood. Even in his tiny, isolated town, so many people got sick, and nearly everyone lost at least one family member. He recalled so many funerals, and the "burial system" in his small community being overwhelmed. He saw so many amazing things in his lifetime, his first car was a Model T Ford, to two World Wars, to men on the moon, to TV, computers, cell phones, etc. He traveled with his family in a covered wagon as a little kid. It's really incredible when you think about it. But this flu was really horrible for so many, it killed healthy adults, not the sick and elderly, and the ripple effects were devastating.

  • @alexandervastardis4056
    @alexandervastardis40564 жыл бұрын

    Almost exactly 100 years later we have the Coronavirus hitting us now. I think we are indeed learning Medically, but forget Socially rather quickly.

  • @MikeCaffyn1
    @MikeCaffyn14 жыл бұрын

    At 7:50 "We really don't know why we have never seen another pandemic like that of 1918". Oh Dear - How things can change SO quickly.

  • @oneyoutuber
    @oneyoutuber4 жыл бұрын

    "Is not if but when"... maybe the "when" has arrived.

  • @Rndmrth3
    @Rndmrth34 жыл бұрын

    Ended up here to review the coming Wuhan Pandemic

  • @voidremoved
    @voidremoved4 жыл бұрын

    how did it effect toilet paper sales

  • @iKoper
    @iKoper4 жыл бұрын

    perfect timing youtube

  • @eisteepfirsich3358
    @eisteepfirsich33583 жыл бұрын

    This aged well

  • @1Cirmag
    @1Cirmag3 жыл бұрын

    We all know why the algorithm sent you here. Been a rough year all around, I hope you're doing well and remember you are not alone in this.

  • @trustmemysonisadoctor8479
    @trustmemysonisadoctor84794 жыл бұрын

    My grandmother was 13 when the pandemic hit. Her family were wheat farmers in Canada, her entire family was deathly sick. Her father got up once a day to collect food left on the porch by neighbors and to check if anyone had died. My great grandparents, my grandmother and her 7 siblings survived. My great grandfathers lungs were badly damaged, they sold the farm and moved to New Mexico-all 10 of them in a Model T.

  • @lawrencerinehart5747
    @lawrencerinehart57474 жыл бұрын

    A quote that may not be exact but always relevant. "Those that forget the past are doomed to repeat it."

  • @FlyingAlfredoSaucer
    @FlyingAlfredoSaucer3 жыл бұрын

    I wish we had taken the warning.

  • @danicedanis
    @danicedanis5 жыл бұрын

    I appreciate the use of historical photographs in this video.

  • @waynemasters
    @waynemasters2 жыл бұрын

    Imagine. This was months before COVID really kicked into high gear. “History proves again and again how Nature points out the folly of men.” -BOC

  • @benfrankog6111
    @benfrankog61114 жыл бұрын

    Here we go again

  • @thereseember2800
    @thereseember28004 жыл бұрын

    My Mom’s uncle died of the Spanish flu. He wrote a letter to his mother from the WWI field: “Everybody’s dying here like flies (from the flu).”

  • @saphaalta7445
    @saphaalta74454 жыл бұрын

    one thing to be thankful for in present pandemic I think is how accessible everything is because of internet. I can only imagine how difficult must have been in those times

  • @sugimuraagato6829
    @sugimuraagato68294 жыл бұрын

    Come here after Corona virus

  • @wshtb
    @wshtb3 жыл бұрын

    There is one thing the U.S government didn't forget from the history: blame it on someone else.

  • @annawan2518
    @annawan25184 жыл бұрын

    My Grandmother had the spanish flu and survived.

  • @haleffect9011
    @haleffect90114 жыл бұрын

    Well, here we are in 2020, in the middle of the Corona outbreak

  • @BespokeCommentator
    @BespokeCommentator4 жыл бұрын

    7:51 "we really don't know why we haven't seen a pandemic as deadly as the 1918 pandemic..." - Nov 2018

  • @user-vq3te9rv6f
    @user-vq3te9rv6f3 жыл бұрын

    you're telling me this was posted TWO YEARS AGO?

  • @SincerelySaskia
    @SincerelySaskia4 жыл бұрын

    This is incredibly eerie! It seemed to appear incredibly fast, only kill a certain age rage, and then just dissipated! So creepy.

  • @khiFLY
    @khiFLY4 жыл бұрын

    I had the flu before in high school. My neck was stiff I could barely move it, body was on fire, I was hallucinating, weak, room was turning, I was out of school for at least a week or two. Till this day I don't see how Michael Jordan played with the flu. I couldn't even move

  • @WasabiSniffer
    @WasabiSniffer2 жыл бұрын

    (Watching in 2021) ... welp!

  • @warl0ck2
    @warl0ck23 жыл бұрын

    This was made in 2018... if they only knew, two years later... history repeats itself

  • @anotherbutt4chair56
    @anotherbutt4chair564 жыл бұрын

    You know i as a child i saw a lot of relatives being buried. And growing up, even in todays workforce, it really irks me when young people make fun of older people. They are so naive that they feel superior to older people, my life lesson is “life owes us nothing, and is not guaranteed”

  • @mindibear
    @mindibear4 жыл бұрын

    I like the ending statement: “When will this happen again? 10 years from now? 20? 30?” LOL, only one year later!

  • @rainbowbird6838
    @rainbowbird68383 жыл бұрын

    one year later... and we have a covid 19 pandemic..... it is insane....

  • @sleeks9939
    @sleeks99394 жыл бұрын

    If you came here because of the corona virus. Stay home. Forget the social distancing. You can video chat, think smart. Wear mask and gloves, minimize your groceries shopping. You and your families are at risk. People’s life matters. God bless.

  • @BetterCallSauS
    @BetterCallSauS7 ай бұрын

    This video aged well, because fortunately the parallels between the deaths from the Spanish Flu and the number of people who actually died from Covid didn't even come close.

  • @bibhakumari7227
    @bibhakumari72273 жыл бұрын

    This video is published on 30 Nov 2018 when covid- 19 was unknown . Cambridge university tell the future of world

  • @noneimportant5951
    @noneimportant59514 жыл бұрын

    This Youtbe algorithm has a funny sense of humour......

  • @robertedmond6596
    @robertedmond65964 жыл бұрын

    I love sayings like "a warning from history". So eerie

  • @lc1777
    @lc17773 жыл бұрын

    That's what happens when citizens listen to politicians and call scientists as stupid

  • @The_Playlisterz
    @The_Playlisterz3 жыл бұрын

    A warning from history which nobody took seriously.

  • @leroyrodgers6089
    @leroyrodgers60894 жыл бұрын

    The reason this Spanish flu was so devastating is because everyone was exausted. Exausted from war, tired from taking care of the convalescent homes, that lack of sleep made it worse as humanity was already wounded and comprimised.

  • @MrAnonymousme10
    @MrAnonymousme104 жыл бұрын

    meanwhile in china.....

  • @yuuri7839
    @yuuri78392 жыл бұрын

    It's 2021 and the fact that a lot of us don't learn...

  • @k3w1b3an5
    @k3w1b3an54 жыл бұрын

    weird this popped up in my recommends today.

  • @fredlandry6170
    @fredlandry61704 жыл бұрын

    Unbelievable, 50-100 million dead and this was over 100 years ago there was no high speed air travel.

  • @ohmygod3503
    @ohmygod35034 жыл бұрын

    I’ve never heard of the Spanish Flu... I’m learning a lot of new things with COVID-19 going around.

  • @jnisrud254
    @jnisrud2544 жыл бұрын

    My ancestors survived the spanish flu or I wouldn't be here... this makes me feel a bit stronger.

  • @robertfletcher3421
    @robertfletcher34212 жыл бұрын

    When this film was made they were not expecting a novel virus.

  • @RhymesWithSpark
    @RhymesWithSpark2 жыл бұрын

    "It might be 10 years from now ... or it might be 30 or 40 years from now." Or, it might be within a year.

  • @VarangianOblast
    @VarangianOblast4 жыл бұрын

    "Spanish Flu: a warning from history" - very well put title

  • @Jason-nosaJ
    @Jason-nosaJ4 жыл бұрын

    We didn't fully learn from history, and history is repeating.

  • @gaurav0narwal
    @gaurav0narwal4 жыл бұрын

    My grandmother,s brother once told me about this. He was 30 years younger than my grandmother and was probably 10 at that time of Flu. He said People were creamted one after the other and such was the situation that there was a shortage of logs and cow Dungs to burn the bodies. Half of the village Population vanished and almost all of them young and healthy people. After the flu ended only weak and old survived.

  • @scottbirrell341
    @scottbirrell3414 жыл бұрын

    Drowning in your own flem. Such a nasty way to die.

  • @jjpsp12
    @jjpsp124 жыл бұрын

    It saddens me to say this, but we were not ready for COVID-19

  • @aaron8kok
    @aaron8kok4 жыл бұрын

    2020 looks like this type of thing happens every 100 years.

  • @chadshultz5717
    @chadshultz57174 жыл бұрын

    Get this on National TV! This drives home the point to wash your hands and stay away from crowds during these times.

  • @nickadz5490
    @nickadz54904 жыл бұрын

    Who else has been watching tons of these types of videos lately?

  • @peterhellyer6916
    @peterhellyer69163 жыл бұрын

    When a threat isn't visible, it is the greatest threat of all

  • @JDVHS
    @JDVHS4 жыл бұрын

    Nobody learns from history, that's why it keeps repeating.

  • @sleepup7931
    @sleepup79314 жыл бұрын

    The virus didn't originate in Spain, but the country was the first to report on the outbreak, so people began calling it the Spanish flu (the Spanish thought it started in France and called it the "French flu")

  • @Anthony-hu3rj
    @Anthony-hu3rj4 жыл бұрын

    My understanding from previous reading is that it began it Kansas and under normal circumstances it would have killed a small amount of people there and ended, but because of advances in transportation (trains, ships, etc.), coupled with the fact that men were being transported and mingling around the world due to an unprecedentedly expansive war that that is why it spread so virulently. Now I'll study some more and see if that is still the correct analysis.

  • @AwoudeX
    @AwoudeX4 жыл бұрын

    'it's not if but when' - this pretty much is a given, with the modes of transportation, the high amounts of trade all over the globe and the dense population in various areas.

  • @Simoss13
    @Simoss134 жыл бұрын

    This is crazy. The video goes on saying we will be better prepared, the next pandemic may happen in 10-100 years from now. It scary because it turned out worse than they expected. We were not prepared and happened from 1 year of the video being uploaded

  • @hissonggirlmoni5706
    @hissonggirlmoni57064 жыл бұрын

    Watching this during covid 19 pandemic. So grateful we’ve had more resources and information now.

  • @ForeverMPH
    @ForeverMPH4 жыл бұрын

    It's very eerie that this production was made in 2018 (100 years after the 1918 pandemic), and now here we are experiencing this corona virus spreading across the globe. Are we in a better situation now to handle this? I personally don't think so.

  • @martinsisdead2242
    @martinsisdead22424 жыл бұрын

    We all here to see how we’ll deal with corona based off other plagues

  • @abdullahx8118
    @abdullahx81184 жыл бұрын

    Very comforting the the youtube recommendation system chose 2020 to recommend this video Thanks youtube very cool

  • @kareltracy
    @kareltracy2 жыл бұрын

    When I was growing up, there was a pear tree on a grassy hillside. I asked my father about it; he said it was a winter pear tree, and had been planted for three people from one family who had died of the flu. He mentioned that it happened in 1918, and that a lot of people had died of the flu that year. The tree was around 10 or 15 years ago, but I'm not sure if it is still alive.

  • @berenicebauer72
    @berenicebauer724 жыл бұрын

    My grandmother died in 1919 from pneumonia caused by the flu. Nasty stuff. She was only 23.

  • @canman5060
    @canman50604 жыл бұрын

    We realize that we are only at the very beginning of this pandemic.

  • @jimbehr5685
    @jimbehr56854 жыл бұрын

    Ring-a-ring o' roses, A pocket full of posies, A-tishoo! A-tishoo! We all fall down.

  • @jpolos841
    @jpolos8414 жыл бұрын

    My great grandma died from that flu. Her husband my great grandpa and there 5 sons lived. So random that she succumbed to it but the rest of the family survived it.

  • @heru-deshet359
    @heru-deshet3594 жыл бұрын

    Those who ignore history are doomed to repeat it.

  • @livelife5947
    @livelife59474 жыл бұрын

    I’ve noticed that all the Spanish Flu videos I’ve seen on KZread were published in Oct/Nov 2018 👀🤔.

  • @MrSuperdoop
    @MrSuperdoop4 жыл бұрын

    How bizarre in school history teaches about great leaders wars being won but never about the actual killer of war back then ignorance skips a generation and here we are again.

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