Autor(es): Sobral, José Manuel
Data: 2021
Origem: Revista Portuguesa de Medicina Interna
Assunto(s): COVID-19; Pandemia; Saúde Pública; Surtos de Doenças; Vírus da Influenza A Subtipo H1N1; COVID-19; Disease Outbreaks; Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype; Pandemics; Public Health
The current COVID-19 pandemic brought to mind the great influenza pandemic of 1918-19. It was known as “Spanish Flu” and in Portugal as “Pneumónica”, and it was the only recent one that can be compared in terms of the disruptive effects caused. There are risks in the comparison between a phenomenon dated in time, such as the first, and another that is still unfolding, with unpredictable effects. However, it is assumed that it is useful to proceed now with a comparison between both pandemics, which allows to detect similarities and differences between them and the contexts in which they occurred.
A pandemia atual de COVID-19 trouxe à memória a grande pandemia de gripe de 1918-19, conhecida em Portugal como “Pneumónica”, a única recente que se lhe pode comparar em termos dos efeitos disruptivos provocados. Embora a comparação entre um fenómeno datado no tempo, como a primeira, e um outro que ainda se desenrola, com efeitos imprevisíveis, comporte riscos, assume-se ser útil proceder desde já a uma comparação entre ambas as pandemias, que permita detetar semelhanças e diferenças entre ambas e os contextos em que ocorreram.
