Often cited as the most devastating epidemic in recorded world history, the 1918/1919 influenza pandemic killed more people than World War I. By many estimates, the death toll varies widely between a staggering 20 and 40 million people—and perhaps even as high as 50 million. During this pandemic, more people died of influenza in a single year than in four years of the Bubonic Plague from 1347 to 1351. Also known as the Spanish Flu, the 1918/1919 influenza pandemic was a…

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