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The influenza pandemic of 1918-1919 killed more people than the Great War, known today as World War I (WWI), at somewhere between 20 and 40 million people. It has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in recorded world history. More people died of influenza in a single year than in four-years of the Black Death Bubonic Plague from 1347 to 1351. Known as "Spanish Flu" or "La Grippe" the influenza of 1918-1919 was a global disaster.
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The flu was most deadly for people ages 20 to 40
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a fifth of the world's population was infected
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It infected 28% of all Americans
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estimated 675,000 Americans died of influenza during the pandemic, ten times as many as in the world war
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with a mortality rate at 2.5% compared to the previous influenza epidemics, which were less than 0.1%. The death rate for 15 to 34-year-olds of influenza and pneumonia were 20 times higher in 1918 than in previous years
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The effect of the influenza epidemic was so severe that the average life span in the US was depressed by 10 years
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- I had a little bird,
- Its name was Enza.
- I opened the window,
- And in-flu-enza.
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In India the mortality rate was extremely high at around 50 deaths from influenza per 1,000 people
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The name of Spanish Flu came from the early affliction and large mortalities in Spain
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a first wave of influenza appeared early in the spring of 1918 in Kansas and in military camps throughout the US
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where it allegedly killed 8 million in May
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the most devastating epidemic in recorded world history. More people died of influenza in a single year than in four-years of the Black Death Bubonic Plague from 1347 to 1351.
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The influenza pandemic of 1918-1919 killed more people than the Great War, known today as World War I (WWI), at somewhere between 20 and 40 million people. It has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in recorded world history. More people died of influenza in a single year than in four-years of the Black Death Bubonic Plague from 1347 to 1351. Known as "Spanish Flu" or "La Grippe" the influenza of 1918-1919 was a global disaster.
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