So we’re all familiar with the Spanish Flu right? The disease that spread after world war 1 in 1918.
Unlike a normal seasonal flu, what made the Spanish Flu so dangerous and deadly, and why did so many young adults in their 20’s and 30’s die from Spanish Flu? I also heard the virus killed more people than both world wars combined.
How did Spanish Flu kill so many people?
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Simply put: a population that was already in poor health because of a devastating war, no modern medicine that could come up with a vaccine quickly – and no way to reduce infection opportunities by teleworking… and then a virus that spreads fast and kills a lot!
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