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Nova Scotia
A century after the Spanish flu hit N.S., historians now chronicling the impact
'It was a major, major catastrophe that we faced,' says medical historian Allan Marble
Moira Donovan ? CBC News ? Posted: Dec 29, 2019 6:00 AM AT | Last Updated: an hour ago
One hundred years ago, Nova Scotia was a sombre place. School closures were frequent and church services were often cancelled. People were encouraged to stay in their homes and avoid contact with their neighbours.
The province, along with much of the rest of the world, was still in the grips of the Spanish flu, the last outbreak of which was just starting.
By the end of its final flare-up, Spanish influenza killed more people in Nova Scotia than the 1917 Halifax Explosion, but the impact on the province of the most deadly pandemic in world history has been relatively unexplored.
New research suggests about 2,200 people died in the province, about 200 more than the death toll from the Halifax Explosion.
Women were hit particularly hard by the virus, which was most deadly for adults under 65. Many nurses and other women died after caring for patients and family members who'd fallen ill...
Nova Scotia
A century after the Spanish flu hit N.S., historians now chronicling the impact
'It was a major, major catastrophe that we faced,' says medical historian Allan Marble
Moira Donovan ? CBC News ? Posted: Dec 29, 2019 6:00 AM AT | Last Updated: an hour ago
One hundred years ago, Nova Scotia was a sombre place. School closures were frequent and church services were often cancelled. People were encouraged to stay in their homes and avoid contact with their neighbours.
The province, along with much of the rest of the world, was still in the grips of the Spanish flu, the last outbreak of which was just starting.
By the end of its final flare-up, Spanish influenza killed more people in Nova Scotia than the 1917 Halifax Explosion, but the impact on the province of the most deadly pandemic in world history has been relatively unexplored.
New research suggests about 2,200 people died in the province, about 200 more than the death toll from the Halifax Explosion.
Women were hit particularly hard by the virus, which was most deadly for adults under 65. Many nurses and other women died after caring for patients and family members who'd fallen ill...