In 1918 the world experienced one of the worst pandemics, now, after 102 years, the images are repeated with a new virus that has impacted life as we know it, including El Salvador.
By Photography Department
Apr 18, 2020- 16:47
The 1918 pandemic caused between 50 and 100 million deaths worldwide. That virus, like the current COVID-19, was highly contagious and complicated by pneumonia. The measures that were taken to avoid infections were the same as those recommended for the coronavirus: isolation, quarantine for the infected, social distancing, washing hands, face masks, and ventilating homes. Photo 1: National Geographic / EDH Photo 2: Yessica Hompanera Nurses transport a patient in St. Louis, Missouri, during the Spanish flu pandemic. On the right, nurses transfer a COVID-19 patient to Hospital Amatepec, in Soyapango, 2020. Photo 1: National Archives / Photo EDH 2: David Martínez Masks made of gauze did not offer complete protection. In the photo, Red Cross workers in Boston assemble them to distribute: “Worry kills more people than the epidemic.” In the other photograph, doctors and nurses in suits and masks in El Salvador. Photo 1: National Archives / EDH Photo 2: Marcela Moreno A family with masks in 1918. On the right, a university graduation act where young people wear masks, 2020. Photo 1: National Archives / Photo EDH 2: Yessica Hompanera At Eberts Field in Lonoke, Arkansas, a hospital was set up to care for patients who no longer had a place in health centers. In the next, a space converted into an improvised hospital in Spain to serve coronavirus patients. Photo 1: National Archives / EDH Photo 2: AFP The poster with the tips to avoid contagions in 1918. The following is the recommendations on a wall in Potonico, Chalatenango, El Salvador, 2020. Photo 1: National Archives / Photo EDH 2: Marcela Moreno Hospitals were overcrowded with sick people and very few options for treatment. In New York, health personnel inverted beds so that patients did not breathe in the faces of others. In the following photo, ventilators and intensive care units that are not enough in any city in the world to face the pandemic. Photo 1: National Archives / EDH Photo 2: AFP 100 American soldiers were buried in Devon, England, where they died of the Spanish flu in 1918. On the right, a priest blesses the coffins stored in a church due to the high number of deaths, before they are taken away by trucks from the army, as Italy struggles to contain the spread of the coronavirus. Photo 1: National Archives / EDH Photo 2: REUTERS
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