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A killer flu was raging in 1918, but US officials ignored the crisis to fight a war
By ASHLEY HALSEY III | The Washington Post | Published: February 3, 2018
First came the Great War. Then came something far deadlier: the 1918 flu.
The influenza pandemic that broke out 100 years ago was far more virulent than this year's nasty flu season. Dubbed the Spanish flu, it is estimated to have killed 50 to 100 million worldwide. More than 675,000 Americans perished from the disease ? a number that dwarfs the 117,000 U.S. servicemembers who died in World War I.
But fighting the war took precedence over fighting the flu, which claimed most of its victims during a devastating 10-week period between September and December...
A killer flu was raging in 1918, but US officials ignored the crisis to fight a war
By ASHLEY HALSEY III | The Washington Post | Published: February 3, 2018
First came the Great War. Then came something far deadlier: the 1918 flu.
The influenza pandemic that broke out 100 years ago was far more virulent than this year's nasty flu season. Dubbed the Spanish flu, it is estimated to have killed 50 to 100 million worldwide. More than 675,000 Americans perished from the disease ? a number that dwarfs the 117,000 U.S. servicemembers who died in World War I.
But fighting the war took precedence over fighting the flu, which claimed most of its victims during a devastating 10-week period between September and December...