1918 influenza pandemic

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The 1918 influenza pandemic was a catastrophic global outbreak of H1N1 influenza that infected a third of the world’s population and caused tens of millions of deaths, making it one of the deadliest pandemics in history.

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Generate an image of the 1918 influenza pandemic (The 1918 influenza pandemic was a catastrophic global outbreak of H1N1 influenza that infected a third of the world’s population and caused tens of millions of deaths, making it one of the deadliest pandemics in history.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf global health disaster ⓘ
influenza pandemic ⓘ
pandemic ⓘ
affectedArea Africa ⓘ
Asia ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
North America ⓘ
Oceania ⓘ
South America ⓘ
alsoKnownAs 1918 flu pandemic ⓘ
Great Influenza pandemic ⓘ
Spanish flu ⓘ
concurrentWith World War I ⓘ
disproportionatelyAffected military personnel ⓘ
pregnant women ⓘ
young adults aged 20 to 40 ⓘ
endTime 1920 ⓘ
estimatedDeaths at least 20 million ⓘ
possibly as high as 100 million ⓘ
up to 50 million ⓘ
hasCause H1N1 influenza A virus ⓘ
hasCharacteristic high case fatality rate ⓘ
multiple waves of infection ⓘ
rapid global spread ⓘ
unusually high mortality in young adults ⓘ
hasLegacy benchmark for pandemic severity ⓘ
reference point for later influenza pandemics such as 1957, 1968, and 2009 ⓘ
hasPathogen influenza A virus subtype H1N1 ⓘ
hasWave first wave in early 1918 ⓘ
second wave in late 1918 ⓘ
third wave in 1919 ⓘ
impact large-scale social disruption ⓘ
severe strain on health care systems ⓘ
significant economic losses ⓘ
influenced development of modern epidemiology ⓘ
preparedness planning for future pandemics ⓘ
public health policy on influenza ⓘ
isOneOf deadliest pandemics in history ⓘ
location worldwide ⓘ
majorOutbreakIn Brazil ⓘ
China ⓘ
India ⓘ
Japan ⓘ
South Africa ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States ⓘ
numberOfInfectedPeople about one third of the world population ⓘ
peakPeriod late 1918 ⓘ
startTime 1918 ⓘ
transmissionMethod aerosols ⓘ
close contact between people ⓘ
respiratory droplets ⓘ

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Downton Abbey → featuresHistoricalEvent → Spanish influenza pandemic ⓘ
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1918 influenza pandemic → alsoKnownAs → Spanish flu ⓘ
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1918 influenza pandemic → alsoKnownAs → 1918 flu pandemic ⓘ
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1918 influenza pandemic → alsoKnownAs → Great Influenza pandemic ⓘ
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Jacinta Marto → causeOfDeath → Spanish flu pandemic ⓘ
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America’s Forgotten Pandemic → mainSubject → 1918 influenza pandemic ⓘ
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Guillaume Apollinaire → causeOfDeath → Spanish flu ⓘ
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The Given Day → historicalEventDepicted → Spanish flu pandemic ⓘ
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Edward Anthony Masen → transformationContext → Spanish influenza epidemic in Chicago ⓘ
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Edith Harms → causeOfDeath → Spanish flu pandemic (1918 influenza pandemic) ⓘ
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Mark Sykes → causeOfDeath → Spanish flu ⓘ
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Zygmunt Janiszewski → causeOfDeath → Spanish flu pandemic ⓘ
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Yoshihiro Kawaoka → hasWorkedOn → 1918 H1N1 influenza virus ⓘ
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The Great Influenza → mainSubject → Spanish flu ⓘ
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World War I (as a nurse) → associatedWith → Spanish flu pandemic ⓘ
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Amadeo de Souza Cardoso → causeOfDeath → Spanish flu ⓘ
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Shelley Hull → causeOfDeath → Spanish flu ⓘ
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Harold Lockwood → causeOfDeath → Spanish flu ⓘ
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