COVID 19 and Spanish flu pandemics: All it changes, nothing changes

Acta Biomed. 2020 May 11;91(2):245-250. doi: 10.23750/abm.v91i2.9625.

Abstract

The Corona Virus 19 (COVID 19) epidemic is an infectious disease which was declared as a pandemic and hit all the Countries, all over the world, from the beginning of the year 2020. There are many similarities between the COVID 19 epidemic and the Spanish flu epidemic. We considered some preventive measures which do not change in the two epidemics.

Publication types

  • Historical Article

MeSH terms

  • Betacoronavirus*
  • COVID-19
  • Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology*
  • History, 20th Century
  • Humans
  • Influenza Pandemic, 1918-1919*
  • Italy / epidemiology
  • Pandemics
  • Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology*
  • SARS-CoV-2