Question: Name: Date: Directions: Analyze The Following 3 Graphs And Answer The Following Questions. 1918 Spanish Flu During 1918, Approximately 20%-40% Of The World’s Population Became Ill, And An Estimated 50 Million Persons Died, From The Spanish Flu. This Accounted For 3-5% Of The World’s Population At The Time Making This Among The Most Serious Flu Pandemics …

Name: Date: Directions: Analyze the following 3 graphs and answer the following questions. 1918 Spanish Flu During 1918, approximately 20%-40% of the world’s population became ill, and an estimated 50 million persons died, from the Spanish Flu. This accounted for 3-5% of the world’s population at the time making this among the most serious flu pandemics in history. Using Figure 1, answer the following questions regarding the 1918 Spanish flu. Death 1.000 m G S MH Figure 1. Three pandemic waves, weekly combined influenza and pneumonia mortality, United Kingdom, 1918- 1919. Taubenberger JK. Morens DM. 1918 influenza: the motherof all pandemics. Emerg Infect Dis 2006.12.15-22.) 1. On the basis of the data displayed in Figure 1. when was the highest death rate from Spanish flu? 2. Approximately, how many deaths occurred during the week ending November 16? 3. During which seasons was the pandemic at its worst? 4. What happened to the death rate during July September 1918? 5. Based on your answers to questions 3 and 4 what could you hypothesize about the seasonality of the flu?