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Diseases during WWI

By: Kaylee Jones and Taylor Brauns. Diseases during WWI. It was 1914, and World War 1 had just started. As time passed, people on the streets began getting sick. World War I. It all started with the 3 day flu. Three day flu. This led to the huge outbreak of influenza. Outbreak.

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Diseases during WWI

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  1. By: Kaylee Jones and Taylor Brauns Diseases during WWI

  2. It was 1914, and World War 1 had just started. As time passed, people on the streets began getting sick. World War I

  3. It all started with the 3 day flu. Three day flu

  4. This led to the huge outbreak of influenza. Outbreak

  5. Many nurses were hired to help those in need, and many of these nurses also caught the diseases. Nurses

  6. Nurses were told to wear masks so they couldn’t get infected with influenza. Nurses

  7. Soldiers on the streets were also told to wear masks so they could not catch any of the diseases. Soldiers

  8. Influenza spread throughout many of these countries, and many of these countries tried not to claim it had started with them. Spreading

  9. People who had influenza experienced symptoms, such as redness of the eye. Symptoms

  10. I had a little bird, It’s name was Enza, I opened the window, And in-flu-enza. Children would sing…

  11. This is one of the many people in the world that was affected by influenza. People

  12. Many times the cities would have men go out and spray gas to kill the bacteria spreading. Gas

  13. Rats and many other small animals helped carry the diseases, this being why it spread so fast. Rats

  14. Fleas were one of the main spreaders that carried influenza. Fleas

  15. Lice often carried the diseases too. Many people did not know that they were carrying the diseases. Lice

  16. One of the many medical camps, where influenza carriers were held to prevent from spreading. Medical Camp

  17. Many hard jobs were still tried to take care of even if the people around them were sick. Jobs

  18. October and November were the two months hit the hardest with influenza. Graph

  19. Trench foot was among many of the diseases that was severe. Trench foot often happened in the trenches and it basically rotted feet. Trench Foot

  20. In trenches like this one was where they got the disease “trench foot”. Trenches

  21. By 1918, the end of WWI, influenza killed more people than the Great War, which was about 20 to 40 million people. This is one-fifth of the world’s population. END

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