2 What were some of the misconceptions people had about the cause of the flu epidemic of 1918?

Answer 1

There are many ways to look at this there are the way people saw it as a supernatural type thing or there is the simple way that people just didn't understand it. During this time period it was a mix of new medicines and old cultures so it was believed that there were many ways to treat these things. If you ever watched an old movie or show sometimes there are carts that come around to sell medicines or "Cure all". These things were produced by random people sometimes just to gain wealth off of desperate people. Root beer was actually considered to be a cure all in the beginning and was believed to cure some of the worst symptoms of flu's and viruses. But people didn't understand that some of these things would spread just because of not washing your hands.

Answer 2

hmm. could be that no one knew why the flu kept getting stronger and more advanced

Answer 3

People thought that it traveled my food

People who had the influenza where believed to be "bomed" which means they where sick in the head