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From National Reserve Award finalist Albert Marrin comes a fascinating go through the history and science of the dangerous 1918 flu pandemic - and the chances for another worldwide pandemic. In spring of 1918, World War I had been underway, and troops at Fort Riley, Kansas, found themselves felled by influenza. By the summer of 1918, the next influx struck as an extremely contagious and lethal epidemic and within weeks exploded into a pandemic, an illness that travels rapidly in one continent to some other. It could impact the course of the warfare, and destroy many large numbers more soldiers than warfare itself. Of most diseases, the 1918 flu was by far the most severe that has ever before afflicted humankind; not even the Black Loss of life of the Middle Age range comes close in conditions of the amount of lives it had taken. No warfare, no natural catastrophe, no famine has claimed so many. In the space of 18 months in 1918-1919, about 500 million people - one-third of the global population at that time - came down with influenza. The exact total of lives lost won't be known, but the best estimate is between 50 and 100 million. In this powerful e book, nonfiction expert Albert Marrin examines the annals, science, and impact of this great scourge - and the probability for another worldwide pandemic today.
