The 1918 flu pandemic, otherwise known as Spanish Flu, was an unusually fatal influenza pandemic which struck the lives of many between January 1918-December 1920. It's said to have been recorded as the most devastating outbreak in world history. This influenza received its notorious name from the exceptional number of deaths in Spain, supposedly killing eight million. This viral epidemic operated very strangely; seeming to target the young and healthy, being particularly deadly to 20 to 35 years olds due to their stronger immune systems. It distributed very quickly around the world, infecting up to 500 million people and killing upwards of five percent of the world's population. It is said that this flu killed
The 1918 flu pandemic, otherwise known as Spanish Flu, was an unusually fatal influenza pandemic which struck the lives of many between January 1918-December 1920. It's said to have been recorded as the most devastating outbreak in world history. This influenza received its notorious name from the exceptional number of deaths in Spain, supposedly killing eight million. This viral epidemic operated very strangely; seeming to target the young and healthy, being particularly deadly to 20 to 35 years olds due to their stronger immune systems. It distributed very quickly around the world, infecting up to 500 million people and killing upwards of five percent of the world's population. It is said that this flu killed