1918 Flu Pandemic - Emergence - Extra History - #1 (Patreon)
Published:
2018-07-06 17:30:01
Edited:
2018-07-08 04:32:41
Imported:
2022-01
Content
The flu was the first modern plague—turning our interconnected world against us by spreading through shipping lanes, rail lines and the arteries of industrialized war. Yet it was also the first pandemic of the scientific age, where doctors could to some extent understand what was happening and stand against the infection, though they lacked the tools to stop it.
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