The 1918 Flu Pandemic - Leviathan - Part 5 - Extra History

[@extrahistory]

The 1918 flu jumped ship--to ship--to ship, infecting and devastating the whole world.

[@datsaspicymeme1790]

Extra Credits thanks for the fantastic video

[@tirsaenriquez1909]

Do car history plllllsss

[@cocomonglover]

€uro £ound ¥en

[@alexbecker2578]

Splash

[@noblemagi]

Extra Credits many towns in the USA have zombie plans, where they can isolate and quarantine themselves. From blowing bridges and removing road. Some can even be self-sustaining. I have help on town with theirs. Some are not reasonable.

[@ZachValkyrie]

American Samoa was also the last US territory to report any cases of COVID-19. As of the 6th of March 2021, they have reported _ZERO_ viral deaths, with the population already 42% vaccinated. They're 2 for 2.

[@zarek9340]

"Them viruses just don't learn now do they?"

[@Emolgabrine]

Moving to America Samoa

[@AlphaHorst]

And here plague Inc told us Greenland was the last boss

[@homerocketscience1874]

Partly responsible for their commonwealth counterparts (normal Samoa) having a measles epidemic. Not sure if it spread to American Samoa but the government learnt their lesson.

[@iamarizonaball2642]

2 - 0 for American Samoa against disease.

[@Pikazilla]

I am shocked both by how global this flu was, and how easily it has been forgotten

[@arthurrebello919]

the reason that it is forgotten is because it is a kind of cosmic horror. Like they need to make bullets stop working in movies. The notion that to a virus or a bullet it doesn't matter who you are, if you are good or evil, if you have family or not, if your story is done or beginning is against the special snowflake theory that permeates today's society. The idea that to something you are just another one stands against everything modern society makes it's individuals believe.

[@Loremastrful]

As they explained in earlier episodes. There was a concerted effort to downplay or censor the flu because of the war. And afterward it's hard to talk about it. People avoid writing odes and epics to the times they are truly powerless.

[@BLasherman]

It's because people don't wash their damn hands. WASH YOUR DAMN HANDS!

[@0799qwertzuiop]

The world in that time was west centric. it can also be quite dificult to get information about other parts of the world as it is not as well documented and written in foreign languages.

[@howardlanus8610]

Pika Zilla Me too. Then again, it's not like this could happen a second time, right?

[@timothymclean]

"It storms every continent, sparing only Antarctica." Oh, I'm sure everyone in Antarctica was thrilled about them...all twelve explorers could at least not worry about flu.

[@Texan.Insomniac]

Timothy McLean Exactly!

[@acebalistic1358]

there where actually more research facilities and people then that but none of them where year round

[@mrwtfwhy]

all those early 20th century scientists in antartica needed to worry then was the eldritch abominations they may discover in a ancient city a few mountain ranges into the center of the continent :^)

[@maxmcdonald7798]

i want to know the name of the man who killed the three dogs.

[@egeemirozkan2460]

mrwtfwhy they should have listened to the that academist guys warning I guess

[@Suaside775]

As a first generation American born Samoan, I wanna say thank you for shining light on Samoa. My dad is from American Samoa and it makes me ecstatic when people talk about events in our history. I also love your Exploring the Pacific saga.

[@gratuitouslurking8610]

8:41 *SHUT. DOWN. EVERYTHING.* Player: *Cues restart of Plague Inc run*

[@fuzzymurdermittens]

Greenland, that quarantine happy bastard... XD It was always either Greenland or Madagascar...

[@Aereto]

Sorrow Usually better starting at either of the two, or go for a stealthy high infect run.

[@fuzzymurdermittens]

Aereto I haven't played in a while now, but my favourite strategy tended to be starting in a Scandinavian country (good trade routes to Greenland, but already on mainland Europe) and stealthing until all countries had been infected, then going all out in one fell swoop :)

[@griffingang6508]

Ikr Greenland always just shut down within 0.00001 seconds after the plague is announced

[@พุทธาทีจันทึก]

Lol

[@AnarchHive]

I had a bird and it's name was Enza... I closed the ports and kept out Enza.

[@finnishwehraboo8377]

In flu enza

[@davehoffman4659]

Hans Wurst yes, the famous disease keptoutenza Really, though, nice joke

[@akinmappings3887]

But what about airports and trains

[@nathanseper8738]

Uhh...birds fly. So...that wouldn't really work if a bird flew over the closed port.

[@masonsilvers6789]

@@nathanseper8738 _and i made the anti-air defenses better_

[@isbestlizard]

This series has been fascinating, if only for the contrast between the steps taken in 1918 versus now. We seem to have forgotten everything we learned :(

[@thunderbird7936]

They didn't do much even back then except for some countries and island lol.

[@lukem5202]

We actually managed to develop a vaccine very quickly (despite the controversy around its release after the election) and lockdowns happened much faster than then. Plus, this virus was not even close to the deadliness of the 1918 influenza. That killed around 50 million people, while COVID-19 has probably killed about 6 million worldwide, and comparing that to the populations of each time period, that is a huge difference.

[@gard3boi311]

​​@@lukem5202 it's still disgusting the amount of people tried and try to say the virus isn't real, that it isn't as bad as it is, or that plain just won't go through with the health measures

[@connormclernon26]

American Samoa’s government seemed to be the only one to actually do the intelligent thing and circled the wagons

[@robert-janthuis9927]

it's a difficult call to make, because you are literally forcing people to be issolated, it's the right call, mind you but it's difficult all the same.

[@magnemoe1]

He was smart / lucky, he also knew the natives would be hit far harder than US / Europe.

[@aquila4460]

He was one of the few to actually be in a position to do so. Most countries would suffer even worse from full quarantine.

[@Luboman411]

Well, circling the wagons and imposing a strict quarantine is easy to do when you have like one ship coming to port every week, and you're a small island far, far, far away from any large continents. Try doing that in a major global city deeply connected to the rest of the world, like New York, Shanghai or London...

[@bolikde9389]

He seemd like he was the only politician with a brain in this story.

[@Jacobstx]

Governor! A man is coughing in Western Samoa! *CLOSE.* *THE.* *PORT.*

[@keeperofeurobeat8421]

Governor! Someone is coughing in England! *CLOSE.* *THE.* *PORT.*

[@guywithachromemask6260]

Governor! Someone is coughing in space! CLOSE. THE. PORTS.

[@Aviationlord7742]

Reminds me of my last play through of crusader kings 2. I was in Ireland and as soon as I heard of the Black Death locked myself in my castle for 2 years straight

[@mrpellagra2730]

Governor!The flu betrayed us! Me:*EVOLVE*

[@vichodeivis1219]

Actually he is *THE* civillian authority in the series that didn't made everything worst lol Well, him and the those in New York

[@AgressiveElevatorMusic]

That Governor better have a goddam statue on American Samoa.

[@clayxros576]

Agreed!

[@SecretAgentXD1]

Didn't get a statue, but he did receive the Navy Cross

[@paulnash6944]

Aggressive Elevator Music It’d be a waste of money to pick a statue over free vaccines.

[@berniflood1427]

Paulfuss Entertainment true but we waste money on a lot less important things

[@myownmeadow1320]

Petition time.

[@luc-zq7ku]

the governor of the american samoa got the right reflex . When a world pandemi happen, it's not the sick that you need to quarantine, it's the healthy . The sickness withouth new carrier will die .

[@barleysixseventwo6665]

Governor Poyer! Someone coughed in New Zealand! *Shut. Down. EVERYTHING!*

[@Hanlb]

Lol Pandemic 2 reference

[@Imboredlol]

President Wilson! Thousands are dieing in the country! *Eh*

[@Acedoesminecraft]

Lol

[@fsieh662]

COVID: nice movie

[@Rebecca-lk7rz]

WHY IS THIS NOT INCLUDED IN TEXTBOOKS THIS IS KINDA IMPORTANT

[@theresahall8206]

My history books didn't even talk about this.

[@Justanotherconsumer]

I think you’ll find that American History taught in American schools (and you can replace American with pretty much any country) is more about how to love your country and less about how not to repeat disasters.

[@theresahall1591]

@@Justanotherconsumer maybe if we knew this stuff we have adults could think.

[@darkchoco7407]

They only teach wins, not losses. They keep us deluded through adulthood.

[@delta5-126]

@@Justanotherconsumer wow,i just want to slam my head into a table just because of that

[@nickc3657]

I am very, *_very_* interested to read immunological research comparing modern indigenous Western- and American Samoans... If American Samoa was the only location untouched, not only might they be a resplendent resource of data on pre-pandemic human immune systems, but given how genetically similar they would be to Western Samoans, taken together the populations could reveal what specific genes allowed some to survive back then, and how they’ve evolved into the present day. Thank you EH!!

[@Texan.Insomniac]

Nick C Sounds interesting

[@Pablo360able]

Nick C I think the naval quarantine had something to do with it

[@Texan.Insomniac]

Pablo360able Probably but it would be interesting to see how the immune system changed

[@nickc3657]

Pablo360able Sorry, I was unclear, I meant what genes allowed the Western Samoans who survived to do so

[@maxmcdonald7798]

i want to know the name of the man who killed the three dogs

[@brycetomecek5065]

History major here. Love your channel and *love* how you put in stories about the *U.S.S. Leviathan.* Such an under appreciated ship! (As are her two sisters, one of which, fun fact, dethroned the *Titanic* in terms of record size. I do have to nitpick and say she wouldn’t have that paint look until after the war, but, details. Excellent video.

[@CaptBarbosa77]

I was horrified at 7:21. Seriously I felt my blood go cold.

[@thornangel16]

My guess is that the very nature of such an event made people at the time want to forget, and thus not talk about it.

[@grantm5495]

at that same moment my dog farted so...

[@maxmcdonald7798]

i want to know the name of the man who killed the three dogs.

[@clayxros576]

Only history going about like this can provide true horror.

[@ethangilchrist3534]

I guess I don't need to sleep tonight

[@surprisinglyblank2392]

I had no clue the Influenza Outbreak was that devastating on the island nations. The book I read about the epidemic only talked about the United States and Western Europe.

[@robert-janthuis9927]

Keep in mind that such island nations are fairly closed of, and few diseases come in, this means that people there, and especially natives to such places have a VERY limited immume system, simply because it's not necesary to be immume to diseases that aren't around. When something like the Spanish Flu comes in this means that those people are much more in danger then others. Not least of which because of the secondary cases that pop up.

[@tams805]

There just isn't a good record of it in less developed places. In India there currently still isn't a good record of what happens, let alone 100 years ago. Now, you could blame the British for not recording what happened to the Indians, but it was up to the Indians as well. They just didn't. That they still adhered to their customs during the epidemic didn't help. Having bodies clogging up a river is one of the main reasons the Spanish Flu was so bad in India. As it was there culture, I doubt any foreigners could have convinced them otherwise before the flu passed. So, before you apportion blame; think.

[@Aereto]

As it happened during wartime, Intel suppression was a priority, when diseases cripple combat readiness at home and at front.

[@rootstone9883]

Mendicant Bias, I don't see how India is relevant for the story. Yes they had the most deaths, but in relation to the story they are just like any other country. The disease was first reported in US and spread thru Europe before hitting India due to the WW1 troops returning home. The origins of the disease is more relevant to the story than the deaths in India. Or would you preffer that they dedicated an episode to each country? Or do you want them to dedicate an episode to India specifically?

[@pranavkanttripathi2971]

@@tams805 "As it was there culture, I doubt any foreigners could have convinced them otherwise before the flu passed." Dude our culture is to burn the body, one of the most effective ways to deal with outbreaks. However, during times of distress (plus the uneducated people) people panicked leading to dead bodies in the river. Similar patterns were seen in May of 2021 but the Government after slacking off a little took the necessary actions. A great vaccination programme resulted in reducing the impact all around the world.

[@tariklika847]

Coronavirus: **takes notes**

[@astelbanana303]

Let's hope not

[@johnnycake5855]

Oh no no no

[@forsakenquery]

Except the Corona is 95% less deadly

[@flavioxaviernavarroguerra8619]

Shut

[@akasrkin9366]

The door

[@taylorviper]

Damn this series shows how many chilling similarities there are between the responses to the 1918 Spanish Flu and this weird new Corona-virus thing. It's only just reaching me here in NZ now, gonna look back on this comment in a few years and think about how much it might have changed the world as I knew it.

[@ThisAlias]

Well, unfortunately nothing has changed.

[@derlesende]

At least NZ was one of the smarter countries.

[@blanck7457]

Still nothing changed

[@ByzantineSatoru]

@@blanck7457 watching this in 2021 and you're all so right,and its just so😕

[@andreasstrauss5194]

@@ByzantineSatoru greetings from the space year 2022 its still bad

[@mylesspear]

Real talk; this is my favorite extra history series. Y’all did a fine job obtaining this much information and putting it together into a well presented presentation. I take my hat off to you all and say job well done! I’ve definitely learned something new today!

[@alternativebassist]

1:28 bet there were some mightily relieved penguins

[@edensotelo7083]

alternativebassist why am I laughing

[@safe-keeper1042]

If an epidemic happens, I will flee to Antarctica. Or the zombie apocalypse. Or World war III. Antarctica is the answer to everything.

[@alternativebassist]

Midgard Eagle unless the question is: “where do polar bears live?”

[@edensotelo7083]

alternativebassist north pole

[@airmanon7213]

Ouch! But it looks like we might have the inspiration for the closing ports action in Plague Inc.!

[@ThunderRod]

Airmanon how?

[@problems3485]

american simoa closed there ports because of fear of the disease

[@Texan.Insomniac]

no... No... NOOOOO!!!! GREENLAND!!!!!!!!

[@lichtishlogistics]

Every Plague Inc. player's worst nightmare.

[@Texan.Insomniac]

That has happened to me to many times

[@GamerFromJump]

5:55 - Kimonos and kimono-like garments are always worn left side over right. The opposite is only proper when dressing the deceased for burial. So this was either an error, or a very subtle nod to the sort of fear that must have gripped people of the time.

[@teriinekoyama1369]

Good catch.

[@major_kukri2430]

*Close.* *The.* *Port.*

[@blanck7457]

CLOSE THE RESTAURANTS

[@rogersheddy6414]

It was at this point that my grandmother and her firstborn my older Uncle contracted the Spanish influenza. He was about 2 months old. They were both so ill that everyone was sure they were going to die. Eventually they did recover. When World War II came that Uncle was an orderly in a medical unit that received the heaviest casualties from Normandy on D-Day.

[@APerson-jf4ls]

*splash*

[@pam7939]

ａ ｂｏｄｙ ｈｉｔｓ ｔｈｅ ｗａｔｅｒ

[@seungmyounglee1241]

*DAYS EARLIER*

[@yakumo135]

*THE WAR WILL BE OVER*

[@yonokhanman654]

LET THE BODIES HIT THE ... water.

[@swoo6979]

*S p L a S h*

[@kuhmuh2357]

Wow imagine the flu would have wiped out civilization and the Samoans would then rebuild it and found the great Samoan world empire.

[@tatianadashkova2143]

Great plot for a movie or book or videogame. Somebody write a story

[@sarasamaletdin4574]

That empire would have taken long to build with just the Samoan population.

[@merrittanimation7721]

Maybe it would be like Stand Still, Stay Silent or The Stand but with Samoans

[@clayxros576]

That would be pretty cool

[@jordanmutlow108]

Kuh muh time to boot up some good ok Europa Universalis 4 and start with Samoan world conquest. 😂

[@duchessnoor]

Dammit Antarctica! You always avoid these epidemics!

[@eightbait06]

Even the flu knows penguins are too cute to die.

[@blaz2892]

GUTHRUM!

[@masterjp227]

Guthrum yeah, but they have The Thing. I think this is an valid trade off.

[@robertwalpole360]

Antartica is too cool for that shiz! ;)

[@imperatorroma5012]

Dang, I guess the Influenza isn’t so cold after all.

[@fadrium1464]

1918: USS Leviathan 2020: Diamond Princess

[@RJinks87]

fadrium yeah... only 7 people died on the diamond princess.. I think lucky for us this is nowhere near as deadly

[@fadrium1464]

@@RJinks87 Italy will disagree with you.

[@cyanwarrior100]

RJinks87 Italy had 600+ die yesterday 900+ today

[@mindruns2646]

Metal 1974 this is part 5 bro were still in part 1

[@cyanwarrior100]

Metal 1974 that’s not true at all, doctors in WHO and the CDC report that COVID-19 has a much higher mortality rate, but a lower transmission rate

[@MASB29]

Damn, 4 million dead in Java island alone?? I've been living here for as long as I live and never heard about this..

[@paraweld9838]

Mendicant Bias because the story is very centered towards fighting the flu, and it was mainly western civilization that did research and cures, also the West was in ww1, so ec wanted to show how it would impact the war

[@salamanderred8148]

Mendicant Bias true, but to be fair. Most of the world that time are pretty busy, with the war, rebuilding the country after war, claiming independence, etc. Not much country have the spare time to do research, except those who are not badly damaged from the start.

[@danm936]

Salamander Red I agree I live in the USA but largely most things I seem to find are to focused on the west. I want to know what about the rest of the world.

[@bryanbrandon3268]

Thanks to our poor education system, i strongly bet that the only people that record this event were the dutch, that's why we get a very little hint of this past, that or our historian is just lazy

[@walpol3]

Follow health, safety and walpole regulations, peoole. And make sure not to discriminate with healthcare

[@MALEMization]

Also, watch Hataraku Saibou: The newest anime that teaches you how cells work!

[@johnblunt6693]

And buy lots of my stock s;3

[@Gyuwaaz]

Goddammit Walpole, stop infecting the world with Spanish Flu! You're getting time out.

[@walpol3]

Gyuwaaz tragedies are the only way humans learn. Also you cant time me out

[@herbertvonbismarck8303]

*John Blunt is attacked by zombies again*

[@laynelandry97]

So American Samoa was basically Madagascar in Pandemic 2???

[@talltroll7092]

Aide : Sir, someone coughed in Brazil.... President of Madagascar : Oh. My. God. CLOSE EVERYTHING!! F*cking Madagascar. I'm also looking at you, Greenland. Punks

[@BLasherman]

Spoilers! We haven't gotten there yet dammit!

[@cooperr.2543]

Tall Troll it’s always Greenland :(

[@dynamicworlds1]

Madagascar is pandemic 1 silly

[@EvilParagon4]

Finally, people that say Pandemic 2 instead of Plague Inc.

[@Andrew.K.W]

Hey, this whole progression feels eerily similar...

[@blanck7457]

Yup, still here

[@serapher-p9y]

Help us

[@bobwilson679]

Unfortunately

[@motti6569]

I will likely not remember his name in the future, but John Poyer it sounds like you were a hero. Thank you for taking seriously what others didn't!

[@deisyrovalo647]

Don’t worry , now you’ll remember him

[@legionxiii8055]

Who would win? Worldwide, mass killer disease or... Smol island?

[@thefrenchbaldeagle3138]

God damn it barb

[@Pilchowski01]

Ah, a fellow RT fan, I see

[@thefrenchbaldeagle3138]

Pilchowski01 indeed my good man

[@NorninTGK]

I've played enough Pandemic 2(Madagascar), Plague Inc.(Greenland), and Crusader Kings 2(Iceland) to know not to underestimate the islands. And today I've learned that even history proves this to be a valid stoppning block for a pandemic threatening to wipe out humanity.

[@legionxiii8055]

NorninTGK I feel you man, Madagascar, Iceland or any minor country surrounded by water have been my bane in all plague related rts game.

[@TheWildGoose604]

American Samoa: better than Madagascar when it comes to closing the ports.

[@Cormonkey18]

A plague reference! Lol

[@Hanlb]

No it's a Pandemic 2 reference (the game that inspired Plague Inc.)

[@Cormonkey18]

Lawrence Han ahhhhhh

[@basedimperialism]

awsomness9789 Greenland still tops the boards, though.

[@davehoffman4659]

Based Imperialism God, the nerve of Greenland, saving humanity I mean, who even does that?

[@mangoshi1251]

We really need people like John Poyer, 102 years later. An effective response to a pandemic doesn’t have to be rare.

[@JesperSalama]

"When people sniffle in shops, people turn away, veins turning to ice." Sounds like today!

[@jackmarrowmapping1176]

The Leviathan used to be the SS Vaterland of the Hamburg-Amerika Line. It was seized in New York Harbor by the US in 1917. It's amazing to see E.H. doing an episode featuring an Ocean Liner. WWI was indeed the Liner's War. They helped deliver troops and take care of them. We owe the success of the Allies to the Liner.

[@rbwjakfjenwbw1009]

Honestly, the more I here about the devastation the flu caused, the more terrified I become.

[@BLasherman]

Flu doesn't fuck around. Fund the CDC and GET YOUR FLU SHOT

[@clayxros576]

And this is barely 100 years ago

[@TheSameYellowToy]

Yeah. I'm only 23 and my grandpa was a little boy then, and my grandma was born only a couple years after the pandemic. This isn't that horribly long ago.

[@Captain-Sum.Ting-Wong]

You're living in the terror now baby

[@madhatterman01]

At least one place took this seriously. Good on you, American Samoa!

[@deldarel]

20%? no, 20 languages. Holy crap

[@clayxros576]

2000% dead

[@vesodus2937]

LET THE BODIES HIT THE FLOOR LET THE BODIES HIT THE FLOOR LET THE BODIES HIT THE- Oh wait, it's water? Oh alright then. *Splash*

[@sarss3726]

Why mock death?

[@petermoore5981]

Because it always gets the last laugh.

[@SomeFreakingCactus]

Sarthak Shrestha - To maintain our humility while discussing such heavy topics.

[@whatisthis2340]

*you're a horrible person but im still laughing*

[@whatisthis2340]

Sarthak Shrestha l o g a n p a u l

[@rey_fresco]

"good thing they have expedition equipment they'll need it for the *graves* " that got dark quick

[@GaborSzabo747]

1:12 It's so formidable how happy the little flu is, while he travels around. Yet so appropriate...

[@walpol3]

Congrats american samoa

[@coalredd5777]

Indeed, American Samoa has one of the only smart governors. I hope I get to meet him soon.

[@fulcrum2951]

Dammit walpole

[@coalredd5777]

fulcrum 29 Damn you

[@grantm5495]

Cheng 1 Sao uoy nmaD

[@li_ka2]

Oh, don't congratulate them, Walpole! The rest are blind to it, but I know the truth... it was you!

[@des3iny]

I bet American Samoa was the inspiration for the behavioural model of Madagascar in Plague Inc.

[@Boxygirl96]

This is by far my favorite opening to an episode, just the raw emotion it invokes within me

[@windywendi]

massive respect for covering history in small pacific islands like samoa!

[@AndyG94]

American Samoa - 1 Flu - 0

[@mrjones5636]

AndyG94 India -0 Flu - 10'000'000

[@erikvale3194]

The original Madagascar of Pandemic.

[@imperatorroma5012]

Who’d win? A flu that killed more than wars, or one lonely boi.

[@Nerdnumberone]

It's weird because high body counts are not a good measure of success for a disease. Survival of the species is. In this, the less deadly strains might have been more successful by not killing their vectors, especially when you also take into account that humans actively contain and fight the deadly contagions. We've even eradicate some.

[@imperatorroma5012]

Nerdnumberone One, we’ve eradicated one disease, including parasites.

[@TheOrangeType]

I'm getting a huge World War Z vibe from this series and, I'm not going to lie, i'm digging it. Very well done.

[@BLasherman]

Loosely what zombie plagues would be like, if we didn't have a CDC. There is a reason we formed that after this and a some other outbreaks that we spent that money in 1946.

[@speedy01247]

Except this actually happened, my great grandfather was 2 when it began. you also had ancestor's alive when this happened (cause literally everyone does)

[@RedZeroFive]

@TheOrangeType the cool thing is that Max Brooks, the author of WWZ did a TON of research. From pathology of viruses to how armies fight unknown enemies he made his "account" of the war as accurate and realistic as possible. I think that's one of the reasons the book is so good.

[@thedearleadersdoctor5814]

I’m getting a big apocalypse vibe from life and I’m not gonna lie I’m scared

[@iamarizonaball2642]

That thing from Alaska really gives that vibe too.

[@CodyMoore74]

6:57 that whole scene turned my blood cold. :O

[@MilanPavlovic540]

I am surprised Mahatma Ghandi didn't try to eradicate the virus with nuclear weapons.

[@Aereto]

Milan Pavlovic Probably because he fell before he could even start nuke research tree.

[@ethanhatcher5533]

Rilliane's Gallery a civilization 6 joke

[@krishnannarayanan8819]

he was shot

[@krankarvolund7771]

@@ethanhatcher5533 Civilization joke in fact, Gandhi trying to nuke everyone is in the game since the first opus ^^

[@vanyagoyal]

@Extra Credits I have to say, only few other channels deliver this kind of extensive and detailed accounts of significant chapters in history. I'm a big fan of how you guys tell each story without leaving any important detail out. Thank you!

[@katieandkevinsears7724]

And in this series, we discover another reason why Woodrow Wilson was a terrible president.

[@derlesende]

Not only Wilson...

[@Brandonhayhew]

Cynical historian?

[@ApplePi3.1415]

I remember reading a book called “one for sorrow” it was a horror book that was historical fiction. I loved it and was about the Spanish flu

[@Yahriel]

Hey, look at that. If you take quarantine seriously, and early on, it actually works! Stay inside people. Flatten the curve!

[@blanck7457]

MISSION FAILED

[@unpapelcascaron7463]

xddddd

[@ianlucht3121]

@@blanck7457 well get em next time

[@CadinoR2020]

Laughs in 100 million cases

[@thedearleadersdoctor5814]

Oh well

[@Cometstarlight]

While I didn’t want to be a doctor or a nurse, I’ve always had this curiousness when it comes to diseases. How they affect society and influence behavior, as well as how they are fought against or how it influenced major changes in modern medicine. This subject has quickly become one of my favorites out of all of the other topics you’ve covered (which are well done too!). Thank you for covering this. It’s important to know the past so we know how not to repeat it.

[@SirAroace]

The sad thing is diamonds are worthless, they are kept artificially high by the De Beers group

[@jakartagamer6188]

"it possibly killed 4 million on the Island of Java alone" [Confused screaming] We never heard nor told about this

[@vinayyadav6574]

Yea, 13 million in India and i didn't knew this too.Education system cared less about pandemics around the world.

[@slmsnn]

İ love that the last body trown to sea is a sailor that caried the dead bodies

[@theinfestedterran777]

Wow talk about an epic last stand. Spanish flu offensive fails to break US Samoa’s defensive quarantine. The tides have turned

[@liammilburn6560]

Working in an Immunizations clinic, this particular series has made quarterly training AWESOME! Many thanks for this particular series. My troops are actually enthusiastic about their training for once.

[@UnderTheVeil]

The little cartoon representation of the pathogen is just so adorable! Especially when it looked so happy to be riding on the train and the bike and the horse

[@RukaSubCh]

Mad respect to John Poyer, he saved so many lives.

[@brucedavis191]

if anyone wants a stark real life idea how bad it was. go to a local grave yard that is older that 1900 and see all the dates of death from 1917 to 1920. it is a chilling site. some as young as 10 to as old at 70.

[@cptnraptor]

"It's just a heavy flu!" Man what a time to be alive.

[@thedearleadersdoctor5814]

Oof

[@GraniteGhost778]

Your choice of music at the end is incredibly chilling, really adds a sense of ominous weight to everything these videos that sends a bit of a chill down my spine I admit.

[@carloseduardoaguiar8712]

In my country, the elected President (Rodrigues Alves) died due to the spanish flu before getting into office, I also heard that an island in the coast of Brazil (Marajó) implemented similar quarantine efforts and never registered any case of spanish flu.

[@tomfranck8821]

God it's weird to think that this the FLU we are talking about. This sounds more like second coming of the plague.

[@robertjarman3703]

It was something that drowned your lungs without water.

[@lu881]

Being from Kimberley myself, with the now Corona Virus, I can tell you that the same pattern is emerging. People are becoming weary of others, religious believers are preaching. But at least this time we don't have any cases yet, other places in South Africa do. I doubt we'll get any, but we'll see what happens.

[@blueknight8700]

American Samoa is the 1900s greenland in plague inc

[@RavenTreasures]

My great grandmother lived throw this and many other diseases she was born in 1901 and lived till 2004. ❤️

[@cjoutdoors1991]

I'm really glad you're doing videos on this pandemic. It deserves a lot more discussion than it gets.

[@akrybion]

So Samoa is that annoying little place that closes the ports in Plague Inc.

[@MrBones-my5wm]

I feel bad the the person (most likely) scarred by that wolf and family scene.

[@Pilchowski01]

I can barely imagine it. I'd understand why they burned the village to the ground after that

[@maxmcdonald7798]

i want to know the name of the man who killed the three dogs

[@Pilchowski01]

Max Mcdonald I do, I want to read about that story

[@alex_ho]

The very definition of trauma. Holy fuck, I want to see more of these kinds of things in fantasy that depicts epidemics.

[@maxmcdonald7798]

yeah!

[@farisfasil6905]

Legend says he is still saying splash till he is dead

[@alexanderhenriques1582]

Wow, you turned the flu into a dramatic series that keeps us hooked. Just wow.

[@tetsuofjustice]

God this series gives me chills but I love it. Amazingly well done and amazingly told. Keep it up and keep giving me more.

[@ejnarsorensen2920]

"Civil war is an oxymoron." lol

[@AustralianGrizzly]

DAMN IT!!!, I was so close... Oh well. *clicks menu, restart Plague Inc.* Right, this time I am STARTING in Saoma...

[@matthewdavid6134]

That commander deserves to be a Samoan hero forever!!

[@Belthazubel]

Love this! It would be super helpful to have the list of all the previous episodes in the description. It's sometimes a bit tricky to follow them through suggested videos.

[@silverrain530]

I really appreciate ExtraCredits covering the Spanish Flu. I barely had an idea of how disastrous it was until now.

[@IceFist66]

Crazy how this is happening again. History always repeats itself

[@deleteme3090]

So much similarity, media included

[@lukem5202]

At least Coronavirus is WAY less deadly for the average person

[@ValkyrieVal3]

I'm watching this series on repeat to take my mind off 'rona. Also, I appreciate John Poyer going LOL NOPE so hard he closed the entire island for TWO YEARS.

[@hayamura8195]

Do not fear, a new episode is here!

[@XxiOSgamerxX]

These videos are fantastic, I haven’t been so captivated in a long time, the detail and accuracy is awing. Exellent work. I subscribed and look forward to your future uploads, thank you

[@cisco3111]

Damn I'm early better make a joke Anti-Vaxxers.

[@nawarelsabaa]

best (and worst) early joke ever!

[@Izandaia]

Anti-vaxxers aren't a joke. They're dangerous and destructive.

[@Geraduss]

Same as the cheep toxic preservatives IN the vaccines are dangerous, causing swealing in the brain, damaging the immune sistem and causing autism in childeren... Or better yet, giving the damn thing to premature birth babies whos immune sistem in none funcional and can't even fight of the dead/weak virus let alone the toxic preservatives inside the vaccines. Oh I wonder why autism and all manner of birth defects and mental retardations skyrocketed right AFTER the mandatory vaccinations of childeren, hm...

[@geraldoderibeirao2347]

Geraduss where is ut written that vaccines cause autism?

[@icantcomeupwithagoodusername]

Geraduss Please never have a child since I dont want a baby to die of their parents ignorance Plus I would hapilly accept being an autist for not dying of dieses

[@jdsguam]

2020 Here ! We got ourselves a little problem....

[@markusvictorius5610]

"there the wearing of face masks became so ingrained, people still do it today" Coronavirus - "Do I mean nothing to you?"

[@ThePaulKM]

Yes.

[@TheCreepypro]

man this series has been amazing still think it should be a movie

[@WyattoonsComics]

I really appreciate how you all make sure to show how the pandemic is connected to other historical events (India’s revolution, apartheid, etc). Most schools did like mine and glossed over the plague to focus on America’s war record.

[@frostyguy1989]

Possibly the worst thing New Zealand ever did in its history, and nobody remembers. Our incompetence and lack of concern for the Samoans could have wiped out their entire population. Not to mention that we actively tried to suppress their culture which lead to rebellion and more needIess deaths. I like to think that we've since pulled our heads out of our asses and made ourselves a more responsible member of the Pacific community.

[@frostyguy1989]

Thing is, we had vested interests in the Pacific Islands, and still do. Back then, we still had dreams of creating our own empire in the Pacific to emulate Britain, and we paid very close attention for opportunities to grab some islands. That's why Niue, the Cooks and Tokelau are still part of the Realm. We once even asked the USA if we could have Hawai'i.

[@frostyguy1989]

That's because we were. In the aftermath of WWI with Turkey in shambles, the UK asked the Dominions if they were interested in an intervention. Remembering what had happened last time at Gallipoli, Canada and Australia refused outright. But New Zealand? We asked how soon we could be there, despite the horrific casualties we had already suffered. Know why we have so little native forest left? It's because we felled and burned it in an attempt to create a second England in the Pacific, complete with all the cute woodland animals that reminded us of "Home." We still referred to England as Home well into the 20th Century, and I imagine a few old folks still do. During our gold rush, rather than stockpile our gold to help develop our country, we just shipped it all back to London. Most of our Kauri were felled so that we could fit them as masts onto the Royal Navy's capital ships to make them extra resilient against cannon fire. Until the 1970s, virtually all of our meat and dairy went to the UK, and our products were labelled as British. Until the 1990s the news was spoken in the Queen's English. Until the late 2000's the Privy Council could intervene in our court cases, most notably that of the Bain family murders. I could go on, but I think you get the idea.

[@prashr4075]

Anybody here after covid19 corona has been declared a pandemic??

[@blanck7457]

We are still in quarantine

[@roxcyn]

Yes! We need to learn from history.

[@colinedmunds2238]

A year later and we’re only just starting to make progress.

[@HelpMein]

Why does this parallel so much with Covid-19? The origin, the conspiracy theories, the lack of action, etc. This is our world people.

[@fishd2594]

Why does your pfp look like dried kelp

[@HelpMein]

@@fishd2594 why does yours look like blood

[@GiordanDiodato]

in the case of the flu, it's because of World War 1 going on as for COVID... who knows.

[@paytonbarnes2235]

The real MVP of EH is whoever writes the dramatic openings. Whoever that is they deserve a medal

[@abhijanwasti7991]

I'm so glad you drew Nepal on the map accurately. Its nice to see attention to detail.

[@marie-heleneleclerc3181]

I have a suggestion for a new theme: the Halifax explosion of 1917, which is the most important man-made catastrophic explosion before the atomic bomb.