The Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918-20-commonly known as the Spanish flu- infected over a quarter of the world …'s population and killed over 50 million people. It is by far the greatest humanitarian disaster caused by infectious disease in … 'worst case scenario') on future pandemic mortality. The purpose of this study is to piece together and analyse the scattered …

mortality data is not affected by the First World War. Spain was also developed enough to have reliable data, but it was very … feature of this book is that it explains results using data from Spain, an ideal country to perform this exercise, as its … comprehensive and data-driven view of the effects of the Spanish Flu, which is the closest pandemic example to Covid-19. With the …

Spanish Flu pandemic had devastating health impacts on pregnant mothers and in-utero exposure to influenza is known to have … negative short- and long-term consequences for children. The existing evidence from the COVID-19 pandemic, however, allows for …

respond? A simple theoretical framework predicts that reduced exposure to pre-pandemic international mobility causes slightly … 2009. We find that in all cases, even a draconian 50 percent reduction in pre-pandemic international mobility is associated …