IMMUNITY
Despite numerous approaches, the vaccine for Spanish Flu could not be produced. Neither did the compulsory mask or the lockdowns worked.
In April 1920, the Spanish Flu finished on its own. Majority of scientists and historians believe that there was never a cure for it, the immunity of people just mutated with time and it was enough to fight the flu virus.
Recently in 2008, scientists and researchers announced that they were able to find what made the Spanish Flu so deadly: "A group of three genes enabled the virus to weaken a victim’s bronchial tubes and lungs and clear the way for bacterial pneumonia".
There are a number of experts who believe that the Spanish Influenza never really went away. The believe that the H1N1 strain that caused the Spanish Flu retreated into the background and stuck around as regular Flu. They believe that this Flu can take back its deadly shape at any time.
Vaccine
While there were critical activities across Canada, including the Ontario Commonplace Laborites, and neighborhood endeavors in Kingston and Winnipeg, Connaught Antidote Research facilities of the College of Toronto drove the most grounded activity to deliver a flu immunization.
At first, the organization gave diphtheria immunizing agent and Pasteur Rabies to common wellbeing divisions with the expectation of complimentary use, with continues supporting examination and public In spite of the measure of exertion set forward by Connaught Research facilities and different associations to create a flu immunization, the majority of the end results were insufficient and had little impact on ending the spread of the infection. As Christopher Rutty brings up, despite the fact that the immunizations of Connaught Labs and different activities were eventually ineffectual in halting the Spanish influenza, the story "uncovers much about the utilization of questionable information even with an exceptional general wellbeing crisis."
Health Canada
At the time, Canada had high child and maternal death rates, poverty, and poor housing facilities in addition to the casualties from the Great War.
Before 1919, the federal Department of Agriculture was responsible for national health matters. In March 1919, a constitutional lawyer, and the president of the Privy Council, Newton Wesley Rowell opened the debate in the House of Commons on Bill 37, which was “An Act Respecting the Department of Health”.
Bill 37 stated that the federal government was responsible for "all matters and questions relating to the promotion of the health and social welfare of the people of Canada" (Canada, House of Commons Debates, Hansard[March 29, 1919, p.843]
He argued that “the powers of the minister . . . extend to and include all matters and questions relating to the promotion of the health and social welfare of the people of Canada over which the Parliament of Canada has jurisdiction.” (Canada, House of Commons Debates, Hansard [March 26, 1919, p. 843])”
In 1919 Department of Health came into formation. Newton Wesley Rowell (1867-1941) was appointed as the first federal minister of health, which makes sense as he was the one who suggested Bill 37 to the House of Commons. Dr. John Amyot (1867-1940) was appointed as the first federal deputy minister of health. Amyot was a former surgeon and professor of preventive medicine and hygiene.
Department of Health supervised the government’s jurisdictions in all areas and standards of health care in Canada. Years later in 1984, Canada Health Act was published which is a piece of legislation that specifies the conditions and standards the provincial health programs should operate under to receive funding from the federal government for the publicly funded health care programs. The health care system was then paid for through public taxes.
The five conditions/standards listed in the Canada Health Act are:
- Public Administration: means that provincial insurance programs must be publicly accountable for the funds
they spend.
- Accessibility: means that Canadians must have reasonable access to insured services without charge or paying user fees.
- Comprehensiveness: means that provincial health insurance programs must include all medically necessary services.
- Universality: means that provincial health insurance programs must ensure Canadians for all medically necessary hospital and physician care.
- Portability: means that Canadians are covered by a provincial insurance plan during short absences from that province.
