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"One of the startling features of the pandemic was its rapid flaring up and its own equally sudden decline, reminding one of your flame consuming highly combustible material, which perished down as soon as the supply of the material was exhausted. There exists every reason to trust that, within a few weeks of its onset, the problem was universally present in the nose area and throat of individuals, disseminated by mouth spray given off on conversing by innumerable providers and, in addition, by the coughing and sneezing of the ill. Susceptibility was very basic, though it assorted greatly in degree. Among those who escaped well marked sickness there are few who could not recall having had an occluded or working nose area, or a uncooked feeling in the throat, or a coughing, or pains and aches, sometime during the period of the prevalence of the condition, these probably representing the purchase price such persons payed for their immunization." - Dr. Bernard Fantus In many ways, it is hard for modern people living in first-world countries to get pregnant of your pandemic sweeping across the world and getting rid of thousands of people. And it is even harder to think that something as common as influenza could cause such widespread health issues and death. Even though flu still requires hundreds of lives each year, the majority of those lost are very young or old or unwell with another thing that had already weakened them. In fact, most people agreement influenza at least once, and many have problems with the flu several times in their lives and survive it with a minimum amount of medical attention. In 1918, the entire world was still in the throes of the fantastic War, the deadliest discord in history at that point, but while World War I would be considered a catastrophic battle surpassed only by World War II, an unprecedented influenza outbreak that same year inflicted casualties that would make both wars pale in comparison.

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