Deadliest Plague of the 20th Century: Flu of 1918

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• JE

  @jeffersonwright6249 · 3 years ago

  Gotta love how this documentary, made 4 years ago, ends: “could this happen again?”

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• ME

  @mercynavas8354 · 6 years ago

  And we’re here complaining about staying home with food, electricity, WiFi, water, etc and those had to fight a war and a virus at the same time, we’re a selfish generation...

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• BY

  @ByGraceThruFaith88krs · 6 years ago

  never cared a day about Spanish flu. &nbsp;Barely knew about it<br>coronavirus hits, watches every documentary about pandemics

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• TI

  @timconeby7862 · 2 years ago

  My grandfather had to carry his two sisters out to the street and lay them on the curb. &nbsp;He avoided &nbsp;serving in ww1 and &nbsp;avoided the flu. He &nbsp;lost his house in the depression 😢he was poor but never complained. I &nbsp;loved him. Thankyou God.

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• IN

  @inkey2 · 7 years ago (edited)

  My grandfather died from this flu. He was only 28 years old. It left my 2 year old father and his baby sister fatherless and financially destitute. I never got to meet my grandfather as I wasn&apos;t born till 36 years later. This event changed the entire future history of my family. And if this wasn&apos;t bad enough my dad had to face the great depression, World War II and becoming a disabled veteran. &nbsp;It was a very dangerous stretch of years....1918 through 1946 ,__________POST SCRIPT follow up due to the unexpected many replies: My dad was a disabled vet (1st Leut. US Army Infantry) from so many shell fragments the WW2 era surgeons left most of it in him, He had shrapnel fused into his bones, indentations all over his body, nerve damage and emotionally damaged. He was picking small fragments out of his arms till the day he died (usually the pain dulled from heavy drinking) &nbsp;He used the GI bill to go to Notre Dame University in Indiana, and ended up with a Masters in Economics and a PHD in Political Science. He was a college Professor his entire life after the war. He taught at Boston College and finished his career at Bentley University in Waltham, Ma. He died at 83 with his mind as sharp as a 20 year old.

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• MA

  @markwheeler4245 · 6 years ago

  Anyone else binge watching documentaries about this stuff while stuck inside? Crazy situation huh.

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• TH

  @Thereal_prettyinblack · 6 years ago

  In 1918 my Great grandmother was 18. She was sent out to a tiny village on the border between Poland and Russia where she was working for food and shelter, as she was a half orfant not treated well at home.<br>When people began dying she cared for her landlords, later for those who lived close. One day, when last villagers died, she took a cart and &nbsp;horse and drove back home on her own. She released the horse far from her home village and walked back home forbidding anyone to come close. She lived in the barn for weeks, refusing contact with anyone. She survived, never falling sick. <br>Died at 99, surprisingly healthy for her age.

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• IN

  @infinitecanadian · 8 months ago (edited)

  I was told that my great-grandfather both served in the Great War and got the Spanish flu. &nbsp;He survived the first gas attack on Canadian troops. &nbsp;When he got the Spanish flu, he had to have his back opened so they could drain the fluid from his lungs.

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• LU

  @luciusveritas9870 · 6 years ago

  Who&apos;s watching this because of the whole Whuhan thing?

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• KI

  @kiraelli · 6 years ago

  My great grandmother and her two daughters both died from this flu back then in Greece. It left my grandmother behind as an orphan😢. Her father and brother never returned from war, presumably died. She was raised by her uncle and aunt .. and later married my grandfather the most wonderful and handsome man, they had 7 children..one passing away at 2 yo. He soon died of starvation during ww2 😢, leaving her a widow with 6 kids, my mum one of them. I am named after that grandmother who lived to be 87🥰 and never complained once in her life, such an angel🙏..Everyone please stay safe from viruses. 🙏

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• WI

  @Wis-Dom-n3d · 6 years ago (edited)

  Who’s watching this since the corona virus broke ? Damn these people had it bad 😢I hope we don’t end up this way

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• CU

  @CuriousRobotUnicornz · 4 years ago

  &quot;The way we respond to the next epidemic could be the difference between life and death&quot; <br>I&apos;d say you nailed it on that one

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