influenza pandemic
Worldwide viral outbreak
An influenza pandemic is a global outbreak of a new strain of flu virus to which most people lack immunity.
Unlike seasonal flu, which recurs annually with familiar strains, pandemics emerge when a novel virus spreads rapidly across continents: The 1918 influenza pandemic killed tens of millions worldwide.
The term distinguishes widespread, severe outbreaks from localized epidemics.
Disease prevention injection
- vaccinationAdministered immunity booster
- antiviralAgent blocking viral spread
- TamifluInfluenza antiviral medication
- maskFace-worn concealment
social distancing · lockdown · public health · WHO · CDC · emergency · stockpile · ventilator
Microscopic infectious agent
- outbreakSudden eruption of trouble
- transmissionSending of information
- spreadTo distribute widely
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
epidemic · H1N1 · respiratory · airborne · droplets · infectious · super-spreader · incubation
World War's closing year
- H1N1Influenza A subtype
- swine fluRespiratory illness from hogs
- avian fluFeathered creature virus
- bird fluViral illness from poultry
Asian flu · Hong Kong flu · seasonal flu · plague · Black Death · waves · resurge · mutation
Total fatalities counted
- fatality rateProportion of deaths occurring
- casualtiesThose killed or wounded
- mortality rateDeaths per population measured
- morbidityDisease occurrence rate
survival rate · mass graves · excess deaths · life expectancy · loss of life · bereavement · complications · pneumonia
vaccine
Disease prevention injection
- vaccinationAdministered immunity booster
- antiviralAgent blocking viral spread
- TamifluInfluenza antiviral medication
mask · social distancing · lockdown · public health · WHO · CDC · emergency · stockpile · ventilator · hospital
virus
Microscopic infectious agent
- outbreakSudden eruption of trouble
- transmissionSending of information
- spreadTo distribute widely
infection · epidemic · H1N1 · respiratory · airborne · droplets · infectious · super-spreader · incubation · carrier
1918
World War's closing year
bird flu · Asian flu · Hong Kong flu · seasonal flu · plague · Black Death · waves · resurge · mutation · zoonotic
death toll
Total fatalities counted
- fatality rateProportion of deaths occurring
- casualtiesThose killed or wounded
- mortality rateDeaths per population measured
morbidity · survival rate · mass graves · excess deaths · life expectancy · loss of life · bereavement · complications · pneumonia · secondary infection
- epidemicsepidemic, outbreak, disease, Black Death, cholera
- World War Itrenches, trench warfare, eastern front, Western Front, soldiers
- American WWIdoughboys, General Pershing, Argonne, Western Front, over there
- Wilson EraWoodrow Wilson, League of Nations, Treaty of Versailles, Clayton Act, Paris Peace Conference
- WWI Homefrontliberty bonds, victory gardens, home front, war bonds, war mobilization
influenza, pandemic, influence, influential, influentially, pandemics