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Originally Posted by 46zilzal
Directly from the CDC site: https://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-res...ic-history.htm
Although there is not universal consensus regarding where the virus originated, it spread worldwide during 1918-1919. In the United States, it was first identified in military personnel in spring 1918.
ALL speculation, but MOST bugs of this nature do travel East to West |
Documentary on says it started in Kansas, spread like wildfire on trains with the emergency build up of an army for WWI. Spread to France with the troops and took off from there. Then a second round came along, even worse.
Spanish Flu came from the fact that due to WWI, ALL the nations except Spain, which was neutral, banned reporting of it. The only place people got any information about it was Spanish press.
It traveled west to est because of the HUGE number of people heading east and to Europe.
