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What do experts think started at Fort Riley, Kansas on March 11, 1918?

Question #150737. Asked by BigTriviaDawg.
Last updated Mar 05 2024.
Originally posted Mar 05 2024 9:16 PM.

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The Great Influenza epidemic or pandemic of 1918-1920, best known as the Spanish flu.
The earliest documented case was March 1918 in the state of Kansas in the United States, with further cases recorded in France, Germany and the United Kingdom in April. Two years later, nearly a third of the global population, or an estimated 500 million people, had been infected in four successive waves. Estimates of deaths range from 17 million to 50 million, and possibly as high as 100 million, making it one of the deadliest pandemics in history.

The pandemic broke out near the end of World War I, when wartime censors in the belligerent countries suppressed bad news to maintain morale, but newspapers freely reported the outbreak in neutral Spain, creating a false impression of Spain as the epicenter and leading to the "Spanish flu" misnomer.
link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_flu

Response last updated by psnz on Mar 05 2024.
Mar 05 2024, 9:18 PM
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