What is 1889-1890 pandemic?
The '''pandemic of 1889 to 1890''' or '''Asiatic flu''' or '''Russian flu''' was a time when many people became sick. Scientists think the virus causing the sickness was an H3N8 or H2N2 [[influenza]] virus but other scientists think it could have been a [[coronavirus]]. It killed about one million people.<ref name=King>{{cite journal|author=Anthony King|journal=New Scientist|title=An uncommon cold|date=May 2, 2020|volume=246|issue=3280|pages=32–35|doi=10.1016/S0262-4079(20)30862-9|pmid=32501321|pmc=7252012|bibcode=2020NewSc.246...32K}}</ref> The most important part of the epidemic was from 1889 to 1890, but there were two other large parts from 1890 to 1892. This epidemic caused approximately 1 million deaths worldwide. It was one of the most serious epidemics in the 19th century. In 1889, the disease was seen in [[St. Petersburg]] in the [[Russian Empire]]. People also became sick in Canada, Greenland and other places. Historians believe this was the first pandemic to spread much on [[railroad]]s. It spread to much of [[Europe]].<ref name=Seven>{{cite news|publisher=New Scientist|title=Pandemics past: Seven times flu has become a mass killer|url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/2156782-pandemics-past-seven-times-flu-has-become-a-mass-killer/#ixzz6tHl5TMEw|access-date=April 27, 2021|date=January 2, 2018|author=Debora Mackenzie}}</ref><ref name=Lancet>{{cite journal|journal=Lancet|date=October 12, 2020|title=Taking pandemic sequelae seriously: from the Russian influenza to COVID-19 long-haulers|author1=Mark Honigsbaum|author2=Lakshmi Krishnan| volume =396|issue=10260|pages=1389–1391|doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(20)32134-6|pmid=33058777|pmc=7550169}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{history-stub}} [[Category:1889]] [[Category:1890]] [[Category:19th-century epidemics]]