Where did the epidemic start?

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Private User
3/8/2015 at 9:29 AM

From the www.Fold3.com Blog -
"Though commonly called the Spanish flu (because of a highly publicized outbreak in Spain), it likely began in Haskell, Kansas, where it spread to Camp Funston and from there to the rest of the world. Wartime conditions, like troop movements and overcrowded cantonments, accelerated and aggravated the spread of the virus, which proved to be much deadlier than the normal flu, in part because of a particularly tough strain of pneumonia that often accompanied it."

3/10/2015 at 5:10 AM

It's not really known for certain where the Influenza Pandemic started or indeed when but this article tries to come up with answers:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC340389/

Private User
3/10/2015 at 6:35 AM

Spanish flu: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1918_flu_pandemic This article on Wikipedia contains what is known about Spanish flu. One can say a lot about Wikipedia, but this one has a good sum up.

Arnfred Nilsen

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