Lessons from the 1918 Spanish Flu epidemic - CBS News


3/6/2022 12:00:00 AM3 years 1 month ago

The influenza pandemic that killed 675,000 Americans a century ago is often referred to as the "forgotten flu." Also forgotten: lessons it might have taught us for how to deal with the cost, in lives, of COVID-19.

Look at the dates: 1890-1918; 1878-1918; 1896-1918; 1917-1918 ... Every person buried on this snowy slope in Barre, Vt, died within days, weeks of each other. "It's pretty humbling," said Brian Zecch… [+5954 chars]

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