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Spanish influenza broke out in 1918 and it still stands as one of the most severe pandemics to ever hit mankind in history. The Spanish flu was caused by the H1N1 virus and it claimed an approximated 17 to 50 million lives, about 3% of the world’s total population.
The Spanish flu lasted almost a year and those who had been infected either died or developed immunity. Sadly during those days, technology hadn’t penetrated the ends of the world and people barely knew what they were up against or how to spread word of a vaccine or precaution measures. It was not until 1940, twenty two years later that the name and cause of the flu was truly known.
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