The 1918 Spanish flu spread at a deadly rate in the region and spread to all living areas. Nagpur news

TOI, dusting some history books, journals, and their archives, influenza An epidemic in which Nagpur and the whole world were devastated 100 years ago

“And the rest is history …” TGN StokesAnnual Health Report Central Province and BelalIn 1918, he elaborated on the effects of the flu on Nagpur and neighboring cities. He would not have thought that the old-fashioned “history-repeat-itself” adage would still be 100 years from now.
While Corona keeps asking strong questions to humans, another equally dangerous illness, Spanish cold, Spelled the catastrophe of the world over 100 years ago. 2020 is very similar to 1918, due to the striking similarities of both scenarios.
The flu was disastrous for Nagpur, who was then part of CP & Berar. The epidemic was scarce, followed by crop failures, which wiped out the region’s population growth over the last seven years.
The flu entered India in two different waves, visiting almost every part of CP & Berar. The first wave was between June and September 1918.
On October 15, 1918, the Times version of India said the flu was raging in Nagpur, causing horrific mortality when a second wave just hit the region. As with today, there was a complete blockade. “The daily mortality rate rose from 59 on October 1st to 152 on October 15th,” it said.
Direct impact on the census
With 102.6 per thousand population, the region experienced the highest mortality rate in any state in 1918. The Census Report states: Workers in cotton picking and mining — the population remained. ”
Floating body
“People were forced to dump their bodies in the Narbada (now Narmada) river in Madhya Pradesh (part of CP & Berar) because of skepticism about getting burned bodies.” He writes that he saw a crow sitting on abandoned bodies and eight highly disassembled bodies floating in a river.
Past replays
As has been the case recently, when NGOs and good Samaritans are asking for help, “social leaders, caste chiefs and urban powers are mobilizing their resources and networks to help the sick and poor. I mobilized it, “Stokes wrote in the commissioner’s report. “Never have been educated and lucky enough to have been positive in such an extent to help the poor in times of distress.”
Fake news, also known as SUPERSTITION
Recently, fake news has spread as fast as the virus itself, but in the past there was a superstitious theory of superstition. There were rumors that “the heavy use of toxic gases on the Western Front” caused a pandemic.
During the flu, Buster Gons and Gado Tiroli fenced their villages, placed guards armed with bows and arrows at the gates, and chased away “demons.”
Whiskey and flu
“Can alcohol kill the virus?” This question is not unique to our generation. Back in the flu era, there were many theories about the therapeutic value of alcohol. The TOI Report of April 4, 1919 stated: “Demand for the growing problem of whiskey comes from people who use illness and mortality as an additional argument to support mitigation. If whiskey is allowed to be sold, much of it will be consumed purely for non-therapeutic purposes. There is no doubt that it will be done. ”
That said, as scientists said, the report continued to count the benefits of whiskey. “While whiskey is not only a stimulant, it is also a sedative. It provokes a sense of well-being and relief from anxiety. It certainly helps resist resistance to infection,” it said.
Virus made in China
Covid has unleashed a tsunami of hatred against China. But, after all, this is not the first time China has been asked about “virus reproduction.” According to one of the TOI archives dated August 17, 1972: Hong Kong A2 virus). ”
We will also talk about a vaccine developed against a 1968 pandemic that was tested on two prisoners. Ironically, it also said that although the vaccine was developed, “it doesn’t mean that the fight with a group of insidious viruses is over.” Certainly not.