Article on the 1918 (Spanish) Flu

[RocketDawg]

I was wondering how the Spanish Flu spread so rapidly since the population was much lower then. This article explains that to an extent: https://www.britannica.com/event/influenza-pandemic-of-1918-1919 Note that additional waves were the main culprit after the intital outbreak. Hopefully we're in better shape now for developing a vaccine for this and subsequent mutations.

The population of the US was 106.5M, less than 1/3 what it is now, yet the disease spread like wildfire. It's easy to comprehend how serious it is now.

 

[Digging dog]

The Great Influenza - by John M. Barry is a great book about this.

He also wrote Rising Tide about the Miss river flood in the 20’s.

 

[RocketDawg]

I'll have to check into that book. Thanks.