The Spanish Flu was the worst pandemic of the 20th century, but it took us a decade to figure out what was causing it. This week we cover a little bit of the Spanish Flu and a lot of the man that discovered the culprit. Spoiler, it probably wasn’t Spain...
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1951634/?page=1http://centennial.rucares.org/index.php?page=Influenzahttp://www.nasonline.org/publications/biographical-memoirs/memoir-pdfs/shope-richard.pdfhttps://digitalcommons.rockefeller.edu/harvey-lectures/21/https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/influenza-(seasonal)https://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-resources/1918-pandemic-h1n1.htmlhttps://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-resources/1918-commemoration/1918-pandemic-history.htmhttps://www.history.com/.amp/topics/world-war-i/1918-flu-pandemichttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2118275/https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.livescience.com/amp/spanish-flu.htmlhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2720273/https://science.howstuffworks.com/life/cellular-microscopic/flu3.htm
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