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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (1248917)7/22/2020 5:04:04 PM
From: Wharf Rat  Respond to of 1584989
 
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#NoCulpesA España



To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (1248917)7/22/2020 5:31:36 PM
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pocotrader

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This should convince U: "The accepted origins of the so-called Spanish flu were at Camp Funston (now Fort Riley) in central Kansas in March 1918."
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The article you quoted was about 'Why Was It Called the 'Spanish Flu?'



To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (1248917)7/23/2020 5:06:28 PM
From: pocotrader  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1584989
 
better check more info, i've read the flu started in the US as well, the thought was it had something to do with pig shit being spread on a field near an army camp, Soldiers started getting sick and some being transferred to other camps it spread quickly

The pandemic is conventionally marked as having begun on 4 March 1918, with the recording of the case of Albert Gitchell, an army cook at Camp Funston in Kansas, United States, despite there likely having been cases before him.

Virus strain: Strains of A/H1N1

Date: February 1918 – April 1920

First outbreak: Disputed; Within Allied Armies

Deaths: 17–50+ million (estimate); 50-100 milli...