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More Americans died of the Spanish flu than in all the wars of the 20th century combined.
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a month deadlier than a month in a world war.... . .
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The Spanish flu pandemic of 1918, the deadliest in history, infected an estimated 500 million people worldwide—about one-third of the planet’s population—and killed an estimated 20 million to 50 million victims, including some 675,000 Americans.
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a beginning - and an end.... . . |
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As human civilizations rose, these pandemic diseases, from the bubonic plague to smallpox to influenza, struck them down.
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are we living in what will change history - forever? . .
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Undertakers, gravediggers and casket makers couldn’t keep up with history’s deadliest pandemic.
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dealing with the reality of bodies.... . .
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Lacking a vaccine or even a known cause of the outbreak, mayors and city health officials were left to improvise. Should they close schools and ban all public gatherings? Should they require every citizen to wear a gauze face mask? Or would shutting down important financial centers in wartime be unpatriotic?
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I am going to share 6 articles - sounds like 2020 is destined to be next in the series... . . |
this is SO SCARY - as of today - 10 times MORE people fully RECOVER than die!....
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