The 1918 Flu Pandemic - Emergence - Part 1 - Extra History

[@extrahistory]

The flu was the first modern plague-turning our interconnected world against us by spreading through shipping lanes, rail lines and the arteries of industrialized war. Yet it was also the first pandemic of the scientific age, where doctors could to some extent understand what was happening and stand against the infection, though they lacked the tools to stop it. Also, say hello to the voice of "professor" Matt!

[@abdullahabu6439]

do the 1897 ottoman greek war with the real story about ottoman victory

[@wilbertina4929]

Why hello there doctor Matt

[@abdullahabu6439]

Talk about Sultan Abdulhamid II and Sultan Mehmed al fatih (the conqueror).

[@adamstevenson3170]

Skaidaren // WasItSky it must have been Walpole

[@rebelfleetcommander5138]

I'm scared now

[@otakonjunkie]

I guess now would be a good time to watch this again.

[@eoghanclark165]

Yup hahaha

[@Snooker2541]

I think so😷

[@TryinaD]

I was somehow recommended this by youtube

[@petrogradadministration2310]

Time to study up

[@xyan4385]

Yep, I guess so... Flashback: *Coro...Corona....Coronavirus.*

[@TierZoo]

Amazing episode, can't wait for the next one.

[@jasonzuhy]

TierZoo love your channel, make another one of those update to the meta video

[@sophon__]

Video on pathogens when...

[@Provigilman]

Doing research?

[@jagdflieger4861]

Well hallo there

[@jarmo4125]

Is that a wild level 90 TierZoo?

[@loverneverend12]

Cant wait till "2020 COVID-19 Pandemic" becomes an episode of Extra History

[@mmWz-fz8to]

Extra History - 2020 part 1 of 6

[@anneboleyn2387]

YES

[@Marx9728]

yes definitly

[@MAN-xs2lq]

That is if there are years after this one

[@mldubb4926]

Naw they’d just do 2020 as a whole because corona isn’t that bad

[@MAN-xs2lq]

Extra credit: the virus will return 2020 : *let me just step right in*

[@vaiyt]

you got me mentally singing the Steve Jobs rap and I'm halfway between chuckling and horrified

[@MultiPhoenix06]

@@vaiyt hahaha me too!

[@JustAnotherAccount8]

even though covid isn't influenza

[@DidntKnowWhatToPut1]

@@JustAnotherAccount8 Yes. We're not off the hook for the next Influenza pandemic.

[@AlSidre]

@@JustAnotherAccount8K

[@genemartin6962]

My grandmother died in 1918 from this. My mother never knew her. Mom was 14 months old when she died. Her father told mom that her mother was fine on Sunday morning but started feeling bad Sunday afternoon after church. She died in about 24 hours. They buried her on Wednesday. This was in rural Alabama. No one knows who she caught it from. It attacked the strongest and healthiest. This stuff was really, really bad. There is a lesson here if we are smart enough to listen.

[@greg_austin]

LOL. So her lungs were filled with phlegm overwhelmed with invisible viruses, but NO bacteria? I have a bridge to sell you.

[@gregcarlson8438]

We didn’t listen. Dems made it political

[@willyjilly9684]

Lol can't imagine why this was recommended to me...

[@lukedaboss336]

Same🤔 lmao

[@unforgettablesketches2695]

Oh no coronavirus!!!

[@HeyKevinYT]

Current event relevance

[@shadowxxe]

@@Coldfront15 current figures share a shocking ressembalance to the spanish flu its going to get worse

[@JosephDeLosSantos-t3m]

Coldfront15 don’t be so complacent sonny.

[@daisydoodle5915]

When you watch a worse pandemic to feel better about the current one.

[@theewildrose]

worse so far....

[@PWRslide_TV]

The current one is en route to hitting a billion cases by the end of May.

[@happyhotdog4342]

@@PWRslide_TV it's good that people are worried and being cautious, but spreading over exaggerations is fucking cancer.

[@mrbengames892]

@@stumpedsuper2014 confirmed cases* their are many more actual cases

[@grindnshine5847]

Nikolas - not sure where you are getting your info from there are over 100,000 cases and a lot of people are dieing in Italy it’s killing 6percent worldwide average is around 2-3percent. this video is saying after 18month, corona has only been around for 2 months

[@petersmythe6462]

1918: never forget. 2020: hmm... I'm sorry I can't hear you. Did you say go to every bar and fast food place you can without a mask?

[@elizabethporter6398]

More like 1969, never forget, live your life and go to Woodstock

[@gregcarlson8438]

2024: studies showed masks didn’t help so the tyrannical people pushing only caused harm.

[@JC-hi8fk]

Never forget this horseshit they forced on you.

[@bocodamondo]

its sad how even in the era of instant communication, YOU'D THINK it will be much easier to stop an outbreak like this from happening again, but you can never underastimate goverements need to maintaince their economy and image over human's lifes

[@theresahall8206]

And the fact they had plenty of time since this happened to at least a basic what to plan in place. Some things might need to change according to the times but having a even a small plan would be a big help.

[@Armin2012]

This whole debacle started back in December. Its be 4-5 months, look where its at now

[@Vapor817]

At least governments aren't keeping official stats as mucha secret as they did in 1918. china is still fudging the numbers today but nobody except spain even acknowledged a widespread pandemic for that flu

[@keselekbakiak]

while the technology has advanced, human's ego isn't really different.

[@AegixDrakan]

And you also can't underestimate how dumb people can be. **looks balefully at the big Anti-Mask protest that happened in my hometown. -_- **

[@PkTaco]

This aged beautifully. And each year, it becomes more relevant, especially when it comes to forgetting pandemics

[@shadowguy321]

"And it will return" DAMN SON, it kind of did... Also I can't be the only one that finds that little flu germ cute

[@justablokelike]

Aw the cute little virus- oh God no wha-what are you doing oh God you killed so many people oh why

[@jmillly1338]

shadowguy321 it’s crazy how something so small, could do astronomical damage.

[@caringheart34]

@@justablokelike H1N1 Flu Strain: Natural Selection! :)

[@sonyaedwards4234]

i know,, cute.

[@axelloa.a.6563]

You aren't the only one

[@uncleben1922]

1918: we need to make sure we don't forget this 2020: YaY iM noT At WoRk LeTs Go tO ThE BeACh. ItS FiNe iTs JuSt thE FlU

[@DullEyes100]

Let's make this current virus a partisan issue!

[@giannispsillias7964]

Uncle Ben I dONt hAVe To WEar a MAsK Bro We LiVe in A fREe coUNTRY Bro ItS ALL a LIe bRo

[@RosaX305]

Sounds like all of Miami where I live. 33% positivity rate and my former “friends” are asking why I refuse to leave home. Covidiot morons abound here.

[@tyler8264]

Oh no it’s covid! Soon only 99% of us will remain! We better force an economic collapse!

[@emperium108]

@@tyler8264 or your president could have developed a decent reponse right now and managed to control the pandemic. A la New Zealand.

[@kacperfilus5064]

"The Mans Lungs Are Heavy" *quietly*: Mom spaghetti

[@bobalinx8762]

Kacper Filus Beat Takeshi

[@AR15Si]

420 likes, nice.

[@reveadozier8772]

Mr Dudemangeezermate arms weak

[@JorgeLopez-jd8ds]

Take my like and get out of here

[@sivrahc]

Wisecrack! peepoClap KEKW

[@ziizification]

I'll miss Dan (and it was extra jarring because I've been marathoning earlier episodes) but after about 5 minutes, I got used to it. The Spanish Flu had always been fascinating and y'all are doing a great job

[@sambishara9300]

How to extra history: 1.Explain something deadly 2. Make it look cute 3.sell it 4. Get rich So when you selling them?

[@laughzilla6464]

Yeah bruh give me sum of dat *DISEASE*

[@ottovonbisquick6996]

What about step 5: Walpole

[@anoinks6511]

Otto Von Bismark would still somehow have a better plan, he always has a plan

[@azelfdaboi5265]

@@anoinks6511 true

[@LunaI00v0]

Lol

[@jagergaming2281]

1918: "pandemic kills 100 million ppl" People: man, this is really bad, I hope this never happens aga- 2020: *there is another*

[@influenza3736]

Covid's no pro yet, they're still a noob.

[@BloodyClash]

Also they just we at the end of a world war...low on food, low on medicine...low on everything

[@InsertGenuineName]

@勇樹 Your so lucky that your correct

[@maayanmagal4629]

@@influenza3736 a master and an apprentice

[@yankees2864]

@勇樹 sooooo

[@Aracelerii]

Coronavirus: it's time for a sequel!

[@dragonflyjones4611]

Bruh.

[@Efflorescentey]

Its a remix to ignition, hot and fresh out the kitchen

[@rtdip2833]

Bruh Coronavirus ain’t the sequel. There has been a pandemic 1520, 1620, 1720, 1820, 1920. Now where are we at

[@KasumiRINA]

@@rtdip2833 the pandemics at 20s are a myth, Cholera pandemic was in 1960, and nothing links specific plagues to 20s before that. Spanish Ffu and COVID-19 being 101 years apart? Yeah, that's a coincidence... the rest? Not even close to a round date.

[@panda1833]

Not funny

[@moonmissy]

Seemed the world didn’t learn much in a 100 years. The world underestimated COVID19 and prioritized politics before human life.

[@ryanhopf8324]

COVID 19 isn't even that dangerous

[@moonmissy]

Ryan Hopf yep, not so dangerous that it had put 260 million people in lockdown so far. 100 million in Europe today and 160 million in China. How much of an idiot can you be?

[@miniaturejayhawk8702]

@Usa mabaho yeah, we will start with you...

[@squamish4244]

We did learn. Then orange man shut down most of Obama's pandemic centres worldwide. And doesn't know who shut them down. So politics I guess.

[@anthonyhutchins2300]

Huh? We've reacted pretty quickly if you ask me... Big corporations shut down after just a single confirmed case. Stop wearing your tin foil hat for like 2 days.

[@omegafoxxtrot7248]

Hey Matt, I know that at this point it's probably meaningless since it's been so long and I don't want to bother you with what's probably a sore subject, but I wanted to thank you for stepping into this channel, and for rising to the occasion so admirably. When Dan was hosting Extra History he made it my favorite series on this whole platform, his voice made dusty and boring names on a page into real breathing people with hopes and dreams. He turned a lesson into a proper tale, spun with all the skill of a trained storyteller. While your voice wasn't the one that I expected opening this video, it really meant a lot to me that you did so well. You feel like a natural fit here, your voice carries the same gravitas as his but you aren't trying to completely replace him. Rather than his style of grandiose tangents you have a natural hook to the way you speak that makes me want to pay attention rather than just listening in the background of my work like I used to with Dan. I guess in the end I just want to thank you for being your own person. You might not care or even see my comment, but it really means a lot to me that you do your own thing instead of doing what many other channels have tried to do by simply replacing the old host with someone similar. You're your own personality and it makes me look forward to the next episode where I get to learn something about my world from you. Thank you, Matt, for being you. Thank you for doing it so wonderfully well, and for not trying to just replace the last guy. Thank you for doing such a wonderful job educating me and many others on the topics this channel covers. And finally, thank you for being there to continue a series that means so much me and so many other people. Keep up the fantastic work, I can't wait to see where we get to go next together! Also, that suit is snazzy as heck. Looking good buddy!

[@USMarshmallow]

It’s frightening to see that this is happening again. What’s even more frightening is the fact that similar mistakes are being made.

[@ButtonedCarpet]

😂😂😂

[@hagamapama]

Looking back it's easy to see how it could have been a lot worse. The vaccines were deployed promptly and despiite some silly arguments have been deployed more or less effectively. The vaccines didn't kill CoVID but they drastically downgraded it as a threat to life. CoVID can still kill but the world is much safer from it than it was in 2019

[@glfagle-grindle7754]

Every hundred years a major pandemic comes along strange right?

[@Arkcoid]

not really humans compared to our history live short lives, short enough to forget the pains and trials of the previous generations@@glfagle-grindle7754

[@Arkcoid]

also in rural areas were people have shorter lives pandemics happen every 30-60 years like Africa,west asia,east europe, and the middle east@@glfagle-grindle7754

[@bigchillin7771]

Who's here during the Coronavirus freakout?

[@influenza3736]

Me

[@purpledragon3075]

yup

[@ReportsOnChina]

I live in China and it’s really not a freakout.

[@j3fk4]

@@DangerousEskimo "done for" is kinda far away, not even as close as H1N1 virus that killed hundred of thousands in americas......, let alone this 1918 spanish flu

[@fuq1nutube]

The flu has killed more people this winter.

[@ninryu4]

And that's why vaccines are important. Get vaccinated!

[@yaldabaoth2]

No vaccine can help you against a completely new strain of flu. Flu vaccines can only be produced for already known types.

[@karlmarx7333]

But muh autism...

[@Hanes2307]

If a "new strain of Flu appeared" it would have to be derived from Flu to still be called "Flu" otherwise if it's completely new then it would be a different species of virus.

[@calebv123]

Yaldabaoth yeah, but you’ll be virtually completely protected against the countless other strains. Your chances of infection still drop pretty significantly.

[@Gustav_Kuriga]

This was a completely different flu disease from other flu diseases. A vaccine from a normal flu strain would not have helped you.

[@scl1332]

Spanish Flu: “I’ll be back” People around the world: “ya sure ok buddy” Coronavirus: *drives car into police station

[@pop5678eye]

Funny, but not factually accurate. COVID 19 is a coronavirus more closely related to the common cold, not influenza.

[@scl1332]

Oh well I didn’t mean Corona and the Great Influenza pandemics were the exact same I just thought since there both flu strands it’s almost like they just took a hundred year break to get back at us.

[@carlosdominguez1142]

Spanish flu : my ancestors will never die . Coronavirus : I’m the grandson of the Spanish flu

[@massagetherapy143]

Spanish flu came from Chinese laborers arrived American continent

[@sarasamaletdin4574]

It’s all same coronavirus group.

[@joshdahlgren3976]

This aged like a fine wine.

[@Jensenrobinb]

THIS IS THE ONLY FUCKING TIME SOMEONE SAID THAT REFERRING TO CORONA W I T H IT BEING A C T U A L L Y FITTING

[@davehoffman4659]

Mr. Welch? I don't feel so good...

[@bru4296]

*Doctors loOKs tHe otHEr waY*

[@Nolant.]

Well where completley fucked again

[@shelleymcrae514]

Walk it of if you have to take the day of

[@adamfrisk956]

What did American healthcare cost you?

[@redscustoms1451]

Sun getting really low

[@llamasrock2284]

Soldiers weak The man's lungs are heavy Face is turning blue already MOM'S SPAGHETTI

[@ssj6760]

My God you are my hero

[@GamingOzzz]

He's sick And on the surface He looks diseased & bloody To cough blood

[@Thejigglerofjiggs78902]

Everybody on the floor now,everybody gettin infected now , they be lookin for some vaccine now

[@timothymclean]

"Hey, sir, I feel sick..." "You'll be fine. Drink some castor oil and walk it off." 99.9% of the time, that's the right response (plus or minus castor oil). I'd hate to be that one in a thousand...

[@ChenAnPin]

Timothy McLean sometimes all it takes is that one in a thousand...

[@theprodigalson4003]

Timothy McLean i heard that in the civil war they would shove long metal instruments down a guys ding dong as a cure for siphilis or another sti

[@HelloPopcorn]

Jonathan Williams sorry to hear that dude

[@badrequest5596]

well at least they have moved on from leeching and blood letting. it's a start!

[@tammyt3434]

No, the castor oil might still be a good idea... I wonder if I can still requisition that for the pharmacy.

[@steele_heart77]

"The virus will return." "Well, that one didn't age quite so well." -JonTron

[@Quasihamster]

Mass media 1918: No reason to worry, it's just the flu, basically! Mass media 2020:

[@d.monksworkshop1111]

Stop scaring me like that..you and your...logic.

[@shronkler1994]

both coronavirus and flu are coronaviruses

[@Quasihamster]

@@shronkler1994 Coronavirus is a coronavirus? You sure? Got a source for that one?

[@mrkitloin]

Mikosch2 AAAAAH WE’RE ALL GONNA DIEEE!!! >doesn’t affect kids >mainly affects elders >3% death rate >33,000 recovered >it’s a flu with no vaccine The media is overreacting

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

@@Quasihamster um...well it's COVID 19. So there are 18 others. Regular cold is one

[@Mathmachine]

This series is gonna be sick.

[@notafrog5150]

Mathmachine I’m coughing just thinking about it

[@siddhantsharma7728]

take it backk

[@Qardo]

Get down with the sickness *playing heavy metal*

[@lukesalazar9283]

Mathmachine this is good. If i had two thumbs I'd give you two thumbs up

[@brog4037]

I was laughing so hard I was contagious!

[@shader1xderp778]

Why does the flu look so adorable? Why?

[@influenza3736]

:)

[@brenndanmcdonaugh1672]

Cause it just wants to hug you

[@dr.vikyll7466]

There look the Flu it exists! Eh its probably not important

[@bru4296]

ehh some dead person looks like a blueberry

[@CrudeBuster]

it's sort of influent

[@CaesarSalad19]

”It is out there. And it is mutating. Ready to strike again” exactly what all of us want to hear while COVID is going on and displays flu like symptoms

[@HarveyJackOlden]

I'll miss Dan but Matt seems to be doing his job great

[@GipGap]

This had some of the best production quality of any of your extra history videos. I've been watching since the Punic War episodes and it's been an amazing journey learning with you all. Thank you for this show, as well as making new shows too, and thank you for trying to improve.

[@juanperez-torres4949]

Who’s watching this during the Coronavirus going on and I mean during the toilet paper, Hand sanitizer and Lysol running out Coronavirus time

[@sib8019]

Everyone is alright?

[@xXBereShadowXx]

@@sib8019 what u mean everyone alright?

[@taptapuyo2714]

Aye!

[@sib8019]

@@xXBereShadowXx Everyone is here because of the coronavirus, I get fucking annoyed whenever someone posts a comment like this knowing there's hundreeds coming back to see these types of videos.

[@zen528]

i had to drive 2 hours out of toronto to get a few toilet rolls lmao

[@mpalfadel2008]

History repeats itself endlessly Learning your history is your only recourse

[@alessiodelcastillo1613]

2018: NO 2019: NO 2020: Now would be a swell time to recommend this

[@JosephDeLosSantos-t3m]

HighburyAFCSoul ignorant

[@slucarios]

Gee it’s swell to finally recommend this videoo

[@alessiodelcastillo1613]

@@JosephDeLosSantos-t3m ok buddy

[@eltigueraso]

HighburyAFCSoul omggg so original buddy

[@alessiodelcastillo1613]

@@eltigueraso shut up

[@molly-zx9cr]

Coronavirus: exists KZbin Algorithm: yOu WaNt to LeArN AbOUt mOrE PAndEmIcS?

[@ressljs]

KZbin tries to calm people down with facts... Video starts with "This is a horror story!"

[@mitigate385]

well, yes

[@totalynotcatherine]

Funny how that works...

[@emmalovesyourdog]

This totally won’t scare u 🙄

[@Therealpresidentobama]

The media: don’t worry the Coronavirus is just the flu Me having watched this: uh oh

[@russellbrown6888]

Covid-19 isn't even related to the Flu. It's a completely different type of virus that is more closely related to the Common Cold than the Flu (theses are called coronaviruses).

[@cordeliahammonds171]

I

[@mmmirei]

And it’s also very much not the flu lol, but that’s how everyone thought back in ye olde March/April 2020 lol, pretty sure we’re a week or two away from the one year anniversary of quarantine, so that’s funnnnnnn

[@ketsuekikumori9145]

For some reason, I want a plushie of the flu... um... person?

[@SeeASquaRE]

Ketsueki Kumori I Second this.

[@tcgtradingcardguy1699]

Ketsueki Kumori I third it I also want a pneumonia plushie

[@anlumo1]

There are some disease plushies available here: www.giantmicrobes.com/us/main/diseases and www.giantmicrobes.com/us/main/family-health Unfortunately, the flu looks very different.

[@cairill9224]

Flu body pillow when?

[@influenza3736]

Why...

[@ItsmeInternetStranger]

Now that everyone is well and vaccinated, something like this shouldn't be able to happen again on such a massive scale. ... Right? ....Right?

[@levinb1]

Every year the flu virus mutates into something slightly different than last year. Which is why every year it’s highly suggested to get the new flu vaccine. But, the vaccine is for a “best or best educated guess” of what the mutation will be. Thus the vaccine itself will help your body prepare for the virus in general, but for certain mutations of the flu there won’t be a defense.

[@calebv123]

*enter Anti-vaxxers stage right*

[@jamesdavis9036]

Miyamoto Fan Unfortunately, wrong.

[@b-ratedideas8560]

Miyamoto Fan no it's still posible it would require something we don't understand to hit us. Also super bugs developed acidentaly in hospitals do exist.

[@lazystart]

Once upon a time during the troop surge in the winter of 2009, the flu or (insert the favorite flavor of the crud here) rocketed through transit bases faster than vaccines or whatever could keep up and very conservative quarantine measures were put into place. Probably not too bad if you were just transiting through and got out in a hurry, but it absolutely sucked if you were stuck there with the bug of the week, every week.

[@cloudmapper9501]

I actually prefer Dan's voice (even tho I disliked it at first). Fine episode, but the 'vibe' is definitely different

[@anastasiashistoryproductio6791]

What happened to him?

[@mossymagicks]

Alright, what‘s going on here? Is the old Style coming back any time soon?

[@jeretoon8350]

His high pitched voice is cute :3

[@paulcalabro2352]

Upgrade. GO BACK AHHH

[@LunaI00v0]

Lol

[@jacob_90s]

Really cannot stress enough just how superb the writing is for this channel

[@HistoryHouseProductions]

THIS IS A HORROR STORY

[@graceskerp]

Yes it is. My mother who was 10 years old at the time told me about watching out the living room window. Wagons or trucks would stop at a neighbor's house. Men would place a coffin on the steps or porch. Someone take it inside and awhile later put it back. The men would come back a little later and pick it up. Because it was a small coffin, she knew a friend and class mate had died. Middle Ages redo.

[@Lexender]

Like all stories of war times

[@KenjiShiratsuki]

Bring out your dead! Bring out your dead! History repeats itself.

[@namingisdifficult408]

History House Productions indeed it is.

[@talan123]

You have no idea. Here are the stories that I have read while doing some research into this... A doctor who had been out for 20 hours taking care of the victims came home to a wild eyed mother who had a gun. He tried to explain that he was too tired to be any of use until she explained her husband was dead and that she had lost five out of six her children and she was not going to lose to her last to matter who she had threaten to get help. So the doctor picked up his tools and gave up his sleep for the day to help her out. Another one was the poor native Americans, especially in places like Alaska. A lot of them were communities where all got sick all at once and they could not feed their dogs. Once left the dogs no choice but to eat the people/bodies. There are many stories of people making contact with villages only to be set upon by wild feral dogs that wanted their flesh. They had to hide in buildings to get away from them and there are stories of people killing dozens of formerly well behaved dogs. Finally, in one rural area where there was no care system in place somebody heard a rumor that one of the farmers was a doctor (he was) and you had a human wave of people who were half dead who walked to this guy's yard in the middle of the night and all he could hear was the moaning and crying until he was forced to come out. The guy treated them and the wife acted as his nurse. They all died. Now this would have driven any normal person insane after doing that much effort for nothing. This doctor gave up retirement and headed back out. The medical practitioners (nurses, doctors, and everybody else) at the time were the true hero's for the time.

[@Addareene101]

Love your history videos. I’ve learnt more from you folks than I did from school. I especially love your videos about plagues and illnesses! Could you do one on the Black Plague?

[@Maaaarz]

I'm sure there already have been comments metioning it buuut... You have used the wrong staff. No worries, It's very common to do so, even among doctors and other medical jobs. What you have is a Cadceus, the staff of Hermes, a symbol of alchemy, astrology, trade and wisdom in general. While it's an ok symbol you are probably meant to use the Staff of Asclepius, god of medicine. This one has only a single serpent and no wings. Cheers!

[@tcgtradingcardguy1699]

Marz exactly their is a small difference in design but completely different meanings. I’m a mythology nerd

[@rparl]

Marz Unfortunately, the symmetry of the Caduceus of Hermes was more appealing, so the US military, among others, adopted it instead of the more appropriate Staff of Asclepius. My point? You're correct, but it may be a battle already lost.

[@kcastle]

The US Army Medical Corps does use a caduceus ☤ though? (and still does, though it's now part of the Army Medical Department which uses the asklepian ⚕; Wikipedia suggests there was a burst of conflating the two symbols at the end of the 19th century in the US which has since reversed en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caduceus_as_a_symbol_of_medicine )

[@rparl]

Others have opined that trade and commerce may be more appropriate than healing, as a symbol, in these troubled times.

[@yetigriff]

They didn’t have time to pontificate over this nonsense. People were dying.

[@Nyxtify]

Coronavirus: Exists KZbin Algorithm: Here, you'll need this.

[@mitsumikyoya8746]

Real life or movies; it always the same scenario, there always one scientist who gave a warning and got ignored.

[@Justanotherconsumer]

In this case, it’s a lot more than one. They’re still being ignored, too.

[@mattgrele6318]

Yes chinese people

[@deawinter]

“This is a horror story.” Sure does feel that way.

[@lucwarfel]

My ancestor got the flu on the Russian front in 1915-1916. Not in 1918, when he had recovered.

[@the_rover1]

keine schwäche zeigen.

[@just2bears606]

This was the 1st episode the new narrator switched with the original narrator.

[@spamjosh6526]

yeah what happened to him

[@BrokenHurt5]

He started a new channel

[@winchesterchua3311]

@@BrokenHurt5 what channel tho.

[@stewartgames6697]

@@winchesterchua3311 It's like, an art channel I think?

[@JohnnyElRed]

Are you going to explain next why was it called the Spanish Flu in a begining?

[@ferdinandfoch7816]

It's called Spanish Flu because all the warring nations in Europe employed press censorship to keep public morale high, so any reports of disease were repressed. Spain was neutral however, and lacked the censorship of the warring nations. Thus, the first reports of the flu to circulate throughout Europe came from Spain, and so they disease was the "Spanish Flu"

[@WhyIs.ThisHere]

Because spain was the first to report on it

[@TehBladedancer]

It was called Spanish Flu because Spain was a neutral country in WW1, so its media did report cases of flu basically wrecking just about everyone while everyone else that is relevant, censored anything that depicts their armies as weak. So when 11/11/18 came, the public was like 'woah, Spain had a serious epidemic that might have been spreading among the trenches and we will called in Spanish Flu because that's where i first heard it because that's the only place reporting it '

[@Artur_M.]

Yeah, the first major country without heavy censorship where the disease struck.

[@itac.2280]

It was really to avoid panic to say it was only happening in Spain, they’ll probably mention it in an episode or two

[@korvix9536]

7:14 Doctors in the early 20th: “ There won’t be any diseases in 100 years!!” Anti Vaxxers: “Honey you got a big storm coming!!”

[@influenza3736]

Couldn't agree more Ricardo.

[@foxtrotnine]

Anti Vaxxers: It's rewind time.

[@NormalChannel95]

Coronavirus: Hello there

[@fadrium1464]

Wuhan Coronavirus, I am here, what you vaccinated I don't care.

[@rogerdiogo6893]

Pandemics run in *cycles* of 100 years, the *global* economy comes to a halt ever 100 years or so...

[@Blizzic]

Flu? Just dab it out of existence

[@welliguessiwilldie3031]

Blizzic oh god!😂

[@dlerpaherpa7138]

*Dab noises*

[@keithkania3810]

IVE SEEN THIS BEFORE AHHHHHHHHHH * dies *

[@neilisbored2177]

But then you'd be a viral influenza

[@garlicbread9875]

Blizzic dab Destroy All Bacteria

[@hoagielamp6543]

"A stockpile of vaccines" Anti-vaxxers: *laughs in measles*

[@thaliacrafts407]

"ItS JuST a RaSh!1!" *Barfs up spinal cord*

[@friedwater6519]

7:01 *laughs while running from ant-vaxxers*

[@PretzlcoatlTheFirst]

“Ant-vaxxers” ants are now working with doctors to vaccinate your child

[@therighteousmoose5036]

**laughs in hymnopteran**

[@azelfdaboi5265]

@@PretzlcoatlTheFirst even small bugs are against non-vaxxinating

[@BoleDaPole]

BABY ANTS DONT NEED VACCINATIONS!

[@analoren4745]

rewatching this in 2020 is wild

[@shadeknight6537]

When people are ignoring the country's foremost authority in medicine that there's an outbreak, it's time for a change of guard, because they've clearly used up all of their competence.

[@shadeknight6537]

You don't want me to answer that one. It would be wholly inappropriate for young and innocent eyes. Also. advertiser unfriendly.

[@dashiellgillingham4579]

The smart people all died to machine gun fire.

[@charlieterry8506]

I hope what you're saying about a "hearty portion of *the world's* population" is more so hyperbole than data founded fact. because if it is not hyperbole, then I fear for the human population.

[@IkeOkerekeNews]

Owen Lindkvist Most of the U.S. population believes in science and vaccines.

[@IkeOkerekeNews]

Shade Knight Not as simple as that.

[@MrQwint22]

As much of a chaotic mess as covid has been, it's good to remember just how bad these things can get.

[@typacsk]

In raw numbers, COVID has killed twice as many people in the US as the flu pandemic, but I don't know how they compare globally, or relative to total population.

[@hannahdyson7129]

H5N1 ... "You called ?"

[@StarSage66]

Keep in mind guys that penicillin is seeing a bit of a decline. We're seeing bacteria become immune to them faster than we can keep up. This is largely because we put penicillin on everything and use it as a treatment very flippantly. If we're not careful we could enter a post-penicillin age. While this would not be apocalyptic it would see medical care get even more expensive and difficult. As a U.S. citizen the thought of that happening in my country especially is terrifying.

[@garret1930]

Grumbles I personally am not effected if penicillin becomes useless, I'm already allergic to it. What frightens me is how we systemtically pump poultry and beef full of antibiotics to the point where no cheap, effective treatment will exist in the near future. We're daring the diseases of the world to take a swing at us and we have a glass jaw. This will end with one hell of a visit to the doctor.

[@LuvBorderCollies]

While American and European farmers cut back and are more cautious about using antibiotics, the Chinese have been using them on an industrial scale with no regard for safety or long term effects. I've predicted we will lose the war because of the mind boggling scale of abuse by the Chinese. Where did most, if not all, of the flu scares in recent history come from??? China. They just don't care.

[@efffvss]

Two different issues there. Antibiotics have nothing to do with flu, as its caused by a virus. Recent flu strains have come out of China because Chinese farms (and parts of society in general) have a lot more direct animal exposure (plus massive scale), which makes it more likely that a flu virus will develop zoonosis and jump from the livestock to humans. Not to say that systemic antibiotic use in agriculture isn't a massive problem (it totally is, and it's one of the less talked about bad things China does), only that it's a different beast to flu jumping the species barrier.

[@theresahall6197]

I worry that the people who job is too make sure all meds are pretty safe aren't working very hard to make sure of that fact in America. But anyone who could get them to use their heads is blackball for being a naysayer and all but show the door most of the time and sometimes they do get the door.

[@naveenmukkatt5031]

Time to move on to phages. At least you can't be resistant to antibiotics and phages unless nature pulls something absolutely mind-boggling.

[@ginkiba3]

Guys, it was weeks before that Dan said he'd be leaving for personal reasons. This channel has been up for a decade now and the people who made it have lives of their own. The channel isn't dying. At some point there needs to be new blood and new voices if something like Extra Credits wants to stay successful and relevant. Matt has been in Extra Credits before and on their podcasts; the guy knows what he's doing and what he's about.

[@cholloway0046]

Paul Hanson yeah its just people become accustomed to a certain image. Take the new coke / coke classic dilema - people often find it hard to leave whats familiar to them.

[@blaine8197]

*WW1 happens* World: Alright guys we can all agree this can't get any worse right? *The plague turns its head around the corner*

[@robertjarman3703]

Blaine Eh, you can get worse. You could always try the enslavement of colonial Africa.

[@azelfdaboi5265]

World: Ahhh shit....

[@agoldfish4515]

@Robert Jarman Why is a roblox man talking to me about slavery

[@arthurwatt4144]

This was much worse than what were seeing now. We got through that, we'll get through this. Hope.

[@siyuanguo4505]

Out here reviewing the flu series again after reading about the new coronavirus :/

[@zen528]

stay safe bro.

[@zepzapftw6251]

This came a suprise that than was leaving for me because I dont watch anything else except for Extra History so I am really sad because he really was an amazing narrarator.The reason I love this channel was because of the amazing animation ,storytelling and of course the narrarator Dan you could go to any history channel on youtube and they would almost always have the same monotone voice .But Dans voice is what stood out from normal channels.Its sad to see him go,but I will still watch this series because right now its my favorite series on youtube.

[@ramzithegenie2917]

You should make a extra history series about the Napoleon Bonaparte.

[@jamesn0va]

Though it would be cool, I don't think they should. I like extra history because it exposes me too new history I wouldn't even think to research l. Napoleon seems to obvious and is one of the more prolific history's on KZbin.

[@ramzithegenie2917]

james wilson I can see where you are coming from. I personally am a huge fan of the napoleonic wars and therefore would like it but you do have a point.

[@yonokhanman654]

james wilson, well they already did a series about Bismark.

[@Aipe97]

Yeah, Extra History really likes showing the parts of history that most people look over, they have rarely done series on the really famous events. As much as I love Napoleonic history, its already well known to lots of people, at least the basics of it. Still if they decide to do one on Napoleon I will be very happy about that.

[@akhashdhillon2159]

RadicalZ Bona....hehe

[@militustoica]

Man, this hits hard over 2 years later.

[@yourmomisvaxxed5570]

Just like Long COVID *ba dum tss* But hey, at least I don’t get lost walking down the block anymore 🎉😅

[@ram61504]

A extra history episode by Matt?? That's a first. Congrats Matt!!

[@warlock984]

Get used to it, he's likely going to be the one to narrate these from now on.

[@breakincaseofemergency1751]

Really?

[@warlock984]

Yeah, Dan left.

[@LebronJames-kl8jn]

Coop Dawg q

[@matthewpham2311]

When did Dan leave

[@TheCultureCommentary]

Watching this in 2020 feels surreal

[@GeoPol01]

That new voice freaked me out for a good second

[@VKSpaz]

Who is watching this in 2020 while staying in quarantine?

[@crissy1339]

No one cares.

[@virginmary7989]

Me watching

[@oni9508]

Me

[@mitigate385]

many people

[@subbulakshmim8090]

I am watching

[@alexibrailey9529]

Who's watching this while quarantined?

[@YoYo-od1xd]

Alexi Brailey only u

[@chrisaguilera1564]

me

[@hypermaddjxd383]

Me

[@TheLostStars]

Me

[@HK-vv7xi]

Me

[@MadamFoogie]

I had a little bird, It's name was Enza. I opened up the window, And in-flu-enza.

[@fartdonkey8290]

0/10

[@radjadawamindra697]

*Thumbs down* Boo!!

[@vyrva5690]

*cough* did you say something ?

[@radjadawamindra697]

@@vyrva5690 oh Sugar Honey Ice Tea.

[@queenthoria7483]

@@vyrva5690 must have been the wind

[@Martel03]

No no no no no. Bring back my beloved narrator!

[@anttibjorklund1869]

He gone.

[@imposterbread]

nuuuuuu :(

[@22Tesla]

Why did he leave? Without a good bye no less? I don't mind the new narrator but some heads-up would have been nice

[@kylesantiago351]

Watch Choice Paralysis.

[@Imjustasimpleman5310]

Dan did say goodbye in another video, I can't remember which one though.

[@Taygon45]

2018: Hah, something like this can't happen again. 2020: WE DIDN'T LISTEN!

[@kyoukotoshino5600]

And now you kids will inherit our problem. We didn't listen!

[@SappyZoe]

First Extra History with Matt, nice job! A terrifying horror story indeed!

[@vaibhavtripathi2630]

At 2:40 I had chills down my spine

[@tarekm9110]

Ah KZbin algorithm, you’ll always give me terrifyingly relevant videos

[@merisatterfield1963]

1918: "Some optimists even predicted a future without communicable disease!" 2020: Oh uh.. that... that's rough buddy.

[@cifer1607]

Already, I've got the feeling I will come away from this series hating anti-vaxxers even more...

[@alexrevolution1]

Cifer you don't hate them already?

[@airmanon7213]

alexREVOLUTION I think he's saying that the hatred he already feels will be MORE intense by the end of the series

[@Nerdnumberone]

I don't think anti-vaxxers as a major weren't really a thing back then. People lined up around the block when they heard there was a way to get their children to not die from smallpox. When there's a 100% chance that you know someone who died or was crippled by one or more of these terrible diseases, the idea of a cure is magical. The problem was that vaccines were so effective, that few people actually know a person who died from these diseases, but hear all sorts of nonsense about the "dangers" of vaccines.

[@AnonymousYoutuber69]

There are people still alive today trapped inside iron lungs because of the havoc polio wrought on their bodies and yet people have now got the idea in their heads that they don't need to be vaccinated.

[@asalways1504]

If anything this series will make them look even more stupider.

[@carterowen1241]

Ppl in 2019 oh man that’s horrible won’t happen again. Ppl in 2020 oh damn this sounds familiar

[@BlueAcidball]

Gee I can’t wait for The 2019 Coronavirus Pandemic - Extra History

[@cedarflags]

When? In 2120?

[@madzod0076]

My great grandmother died from the 1918 pandemic. She was a teen mother who passed not long after my grandpa was born.

[@navchinna]

Im so sorry. She's in a better place, though!

[@iamseamonkey6688]

I have seen it all: 3 early 20th century doctors dabbing in unison

[@influenza3736]

Noice

[@danielhuber9156]

Flu, when are you going to strike?

[@influenza3736]

Soon ;)

[@lifemythanimations6606]

Want me to make a psa

[@BurningCroc]

Did you make your account just for this comment? If so, bravo.

[@caxer3305]

I bet you and Walpole are behind the whole anti-vaccination movement.

[@lecommentairerandom9864]

I think it would be a good idea to make a serie on the revolutions of 1848 in Europe or the Paris commune . Good video

[@uperscors]

What a lovely distraction from the events of 2020 and 2021

[@LuccianoBartolini]

The people asking for Dan are most likele the ones who doesn't watch the Extra Credits series. Dan left weeks ago and the Non-Eucledian series wascamong his last works with the team. He'll be missed.

[@Sara3346]

...but y did he leave?

[@c41pt41n]

This is so well written and so well read. I love it. Great job guys!

[@joelchoe7272]

"Its still out there, and it will return." Covid-19:

[@desertsmeagol7073]

Say sike rn

[@PrinceEmpire1]

Liar Its not covid 19 its the spanish flu

[@svedenska4535]

@@PrinceEmpire1 r/wooosh

[@davidschaftenaar6530]

Who actually watched this _before_ the corona virus outbreak? Watching events unfold so closely to what happened in 1918 was maddening. Let's hope we actually *learn* from it this time.

[@bryanwan6169]

Your physical representation of the Spanish Flu is really cute, and kind of distracting from all the death.

[@influenza3736]

Flattering!

[@ananda9133]

"In 2019, a new disease emerged..." I'm kinda curious on what future Extra History will say about Coronavirus.

[@AnimaRandom]

"the pandemic can be stopped but nobody cares"

[@fedos]

My great-great-grandfather died of the flu at the age of 35 at the end of September 1918, less than one month after he'd registered for the "old man's draft". He was a civilian machinist working at the naval yard in Newport, RI.

[@dr.vikyll7466]

may he rest in peace

[@namingisdifficult408]

Dr. Vikyll indeed

[@puppydog8453]

Who would have known that videos like this would be so prophetic?

[@Yahriel]

5:45 ah yes... every major disaster starts with a scientist or other professional blowing the whistle and being completely ignored.

[@AM-kx2mn]

Watching this only tells me... the world hasn’t learned anything from history 🤦🏻‍♀️☠️

[@mightyobserver12]

Because mers amd sars only have few fatalities.

[@HALWG51]

People eating bats and dogs doesn't help.

[@christopherjustice6411]

We should’ve called this “The Blue Flu”

[@Efflorescentey]

1918: “The blue flu” 2020: “The kung flu”

[@space_bacon1953]

@@Efflorescentey yes

[@pompei1968]

I see your a scouts fan

[@caringheart34]

@@Efflorescentey 2009: "The Pork Flu".

[@jeremy1860]

This episode has just passed its four-year anniversary. And in that time I can look back and safely say that Matt has been a great addition to this channel 😊