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The Influenza Epidemic of 1918

Appeared in the Gazette, Spring 2018 By Helen Weaver This year marks the 100th anniversary of the 1918 influenza pandemic, known then as the “Spanish” flu. Experts today are not in agreement about where the flu originated, but Spain was blamed at the time since wartime news blackouts kept outbreaks of the illness in other […]