Tag: Year 1918*
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Mask Mandates: A History of Rebellion
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M164 Creator: Cameron Issacs ’21 Public Health The influenza pandemic of 1918 was the most-deadly flu outbreak in history; it was caused by an H1N1 virus of avian origin. The virus spread worldwide during 1918-1919 and as seen on the map, it was first identified in the United States in April of 1918…
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Mask Mandates during the Spanish Flu and COVID-19
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M174 Creator: Nicole Babkowski ’22 Public Health The COVID-19 outbreak in March 2020 was the first infectious disease to test the nation’s public health response since the influenza virus outbreak of 1918. The influenza virus–also known as the Spanish Flu–hit the United States in three consecutive waves; the second wave was extremely detrimental…
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An Analysis of the 1918 Spanish Flu, the 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic, and the Lasting Effects of Racial Disparities in the African Diaspora Exposed Through These Pandemics
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M172 Creator: Christina Inya ’21 Public Health This map demonstrates one of the commonalities between the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic and the 1918 Spanish Flu, in how the infection rates disproportionately targeted the Black communities living in America. It is especially interesting to note how during the 1918 Spanish flu, the top six most…
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California’s Deaths from the Pandemic
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M165 Creator: Caden Dowd ’22 Computer Science The map attempts to show both the Spanish flu and Covid-19’s effects in California during the pandemic. There was only data from the Spanish flu on death rates so that is what this map focuses on. There are individual points in the major cities that illustrate…
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Mask Wearing Mandates: 1918 versus 2020
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M106 Creator: Maddy Davidson ’22 Health, Behavior & Society and Economics The 1918 flu was a deadly strain of the influenza strain that swept the country in the early 20th century. States and cities most commonly responded to this crisis by having laws against public spitting, and gatherings, and a few states…
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Spanish Influenza (1918) in U.S. Prisons
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M097 Creator: Christina Krewson ’21 Health, Behavior & Society and Environmental Studies The spread of COVID-19 among incarcerated populations has been shocking and horrifying: prisons have been labeled as “coronavirus hotbeds” since spring of 2020, but despite more stringent protocols, COVID-19 rates are still high in prisons. This map demonstrates the high…