Dispatches from 1918
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The 1918 Flu - A Brief History
The 1918 flu killed upwards of 80 million people in the United States. Many historians say that this treaty, the Treaty of Versailles, which was so harsh on Germany pretty much forced them into a depression. And I just keep thinking how it was almost as if the virus itself kind of had a seat at the table. It's over by itself. No one's paying attention to it.
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