Yeah, totally, and what's this bullshit about the "Spanish flu." It was the "American flu." America's gift to the world, not unlike Ralph Baric's "SARS-CoV-2, the first documented case of the so-called "Spanish flu" was in Kansas in March 1918. The US military spread the virus quickly, with outbreaks reported in Virginia, South Carolina,…
Yeah, totally, and what's this bullshit about the "Spanish flu." It was the "American flu." America's gift to the world, not unlike Ralph Baric's "SARS-CoV-2, the first documented case of the so-called "Spanish flu" was in Kansas in March 1918. The US military spread the virus quickly, with outbreaks reported in Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, and California. It was called the "Spanish flu" because it was first widely reported in Spain, which was neutral during World War I and unlike the US didn't censor news of the illness.
Yeah, totally, and what's this bullshit about the "Spanish flu." It was the "American flu." America's gift to the world, not unlike Ralph Baric's "SARS-CoV-2, the first documented case of the so-called "Spanish flu" was in Kansas in March 1918. The US military spread the virus quickly, with outbreaks reported in Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, and California. It was called the "Spanish flu" because it was first widely reported in Spain, which was neutral during World War I and unlike the US didn't censor news of the illness.
thank you for sharing this...good to know this aspect. what I do know is most who died was due to bacterial pneumonia and potential aspirin toxicity.
not any influenza