#5.16: The 1918 Influenza Pandemic, Pt. I ("Spanish Flu")

This week, Syd & Jess throw it all the way back to one of the OG pandemics - the 1918 influenza, more commonly known as the "Spanish Flu". Over the course of around 2 years, it would kill between 20 and 100 MILLION people, right on the heels of World War I.   

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Sources for this episode:
https://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-resources/1918-commemoration/1918-pandemic-history.htm
https://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-resources/reconstruction-1918-virus.html
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/influenza-boston/
https://www.boston.gov/news/notes-archives-onthisday-1918-spanish-flu-arrived-boston
https://www.rayarmat.com/post/647641002830708736/the-1918-flu-virus-infection-test-at-deer-island
https://www.scidaily.cc/articles/en/a-creepy-experiment-on-prisoners-during-the-spanish-flu-pandemic-that-went-wrong
https://virus.stanford.edu/uda/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3x1aLAw_xkY&t=11s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0AoRkmj9YM
Music from Uppbeat: https://uppbeat.io/t/danijel-zambo/fairytales
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