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How the Spanish Flu Worked

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The Death Rate of the Spanish Pneumonia

The death rate for people between 25 and 34 was two times higher than the forty five to 64 age group during the spanish flue. The average life expectancy normally was something in the forties to the fifties, that is kind of ancient. Infants and the very elderly and people with compromised immune systems died in the greatest numbers. But when you look at that graftt there's a huge spike among young, healthy adults where theyre normally shouldn't be.

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