Study On The Epidemic Of 1918 Influenza In The United States And Its Prevention And Treatment

The 1918 pandemic is an important public health event in human history and the most influential infectious disease in the 20 th century.In the 1918 pandemic,the United States is one of the countries most seriously affected by the pandemic in the world.After the outbreak of pandemic influenza in 1918,the origin of the virus caused many conjectures among the American people,and the traceability of the virus lasted nearly 70 years.Since April 1918,the United States has experienced three large-scale epidemics.The first wave of epidemic climax occurred in March 1918 and lasted until the summer of that year.The first wave of epidemic performance was relatively mild.The second wave of epidemic climax occurred in August 1918,and quickly swept the world in the next two months.The second wave of epidemic showed very high infectivity and mortality.The third wave of epidemic climax occurred from January to may in 1919,and the infectivity and mortality in most areas were gradually decreasing.In response to the 1918 pandemic,all sectors of the United States mainly focus on how to "prevent" and "treat".In terms of epidemic prevention and control,typical areas include San Francisco,Philadelphia,Washington and other areas.The main measures taken by the government include closing public places,wearing masks when traveling,and urban district management.At the same time,social organizations and individuals are also actively taking some necessary epidemic prevention measures to resist the pandemic.In the epidemic prevention and control,the United States has not introduced national epidemic prevention measures,and the implementation of measures is not the same everywhere,so it is difficult to achieve good prevention and control effect.In the treatment of patients with pandemic influenza,in the face of sudden pandemic influenza disease,doctors can only use some traditional methods to treat patients with pandemic influenza,which can be divided into three parts: physical therapy,drug therapy and surgical therapy.Because there is no unified scientific treatment,these therapies are more of an attempt,and the therapeutic effect has a lot of luck.In the face of terrible infectious diseases,people’s instinctive desire for survival urges them to come up with all possible methods to treat the pandemic flu.The most typical of these methods are some traditional folk prescriptions,which are not only ineffective,but also counterproductive.After the outbreak of influenza in 1918,scientists in the United States developed influenza vaccines.However,the influenza vaccines made in 1918 did not have immunological value.The influenza vaccines with real immune function did not appear until the 1930 s.Novel coronavirus pneumonia is spreading worldwide and has brought great challenges to the survival and development of mankind.Studying the US influenza pandemic in 1918 can give a lot of inspiration to the research of infectious virus and the construction of public health system.