America's Forgotten Pandemic
by Alfred W. Crosby · first published 1989
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"Between August 1918 and March 1919 the Spanish influenza spread worldwide, claiming at least 30 million lives, more people than perished in the fighting of the First World War. It proved fatal to at least a half-million Americans. Yet, the Spanish flu pandemic is largely forgotten today. In this vivid narrative, Alfred W. Crosby recounts the course of the pandemic during the panic-stricken months of 1918 and 1919, measures its impact on American society, and probes the curious loss of national memory of this cataclysmic event." "In this new edition, with a new preface discussing the recent ou
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…now we'll reminisce: remember 2020? Gosh, how weird that was! There are other lessons too. Like that social distancing works. Or that rushing to lift restrictions too soon just leads to outbreaks. America's Forgotten Pandemic: The Influenza of 1918, by Alfred W. Crosby is on Kindle and is interesting reading. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00E3UR4EI/
on “In-person services may never operate strictly in-person again” ↗…caught flu in May and June. The Spanish claimed that it had come from the battlefields of France, blown over by the strong winter winds, and that it would have been even worse but for the snowy Pyrenees." America's Forgotten Pandemic: The Influenza of 1918 by Alfred W. Crosby
on “History of 1918 Flu Pandemic” ↗