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How the Spanish Flu Worked

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The Pandemic of 1918, the Spanish Lady, and the Blue Death

The spanish flue was a pandemic of 19 18 that killed millions. People ran out of caskets and had to wait for people to build more. Civic life, especially in small towns, fell apart because there were no cops or doctors anymore. The plague also left 12-year-old children running around with the dead.

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