1918: The Spanish Flu

5.2March 3, 20220

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About This Movie

In Spain, the worst known pandemic decimated the population, with 80% mortality among children. Spain was half empty. There are documents from the time that give us testimony, but why do we hardly know anything about this "Spanish flu"? Surely his study and knowledge would have helped us correct errors in later pandemics.

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