The Spanish Flu - The deadliest pandemic in history
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How the Spanish Flu got its name As US troops deployed en masse for the war effort in Europe, they carried the Spanish flu with them Throughout April and May of 1918, the virus spread like wildfire through England, France, Spain and Italy An estimated three-quarters of the French military was infected in the spring of 1918 and as many as half of British troops
Interestingly, it was during this time that the Spanish flu earned its misnomer Spain was neutral during World War I and unlike its European neighbors, it didn’t impose wartime censorship on its press In France, England and the United States, newspapers weren’t allowed to report on anything that could harm the war effort, including news that a crippling virus was sweeping through troops Since Spanish journalists were some of the only ones reporting on a widespread flu outbreak in the spring of 1918, the pandemic became known as the “Spanish flu
Interestingly, it was during this time that the Spanish flu earned its misnomer Spain was neutral during World War I and unlike its European neighbors, it didn’t impose wartime censorship on its press In France, England and the United States, newspapers weren’t allowed to report on anything that could harm the war effort, including news that a crippling virus was sweeping through troops Since Spanish journalists were some of the only ones reporting on a widespread flu outbreak in the spring of 1918, the pandemic became known as the “Spanish flu