What You Have Read in History Books May Not Be True After All

Spanish influenza started in Spain

Spanish influenza was a pandemic that killed more than 50 million people in 1918 alone. The disease was first known as the “three-day flu” but became popularly known as the “Spanish influenza” because Spain was one of the first countries that were affected badly.

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But the truth is, this pandemic did not start in Spain at all. John Barry, the author of The Great Influenza, said that the first case of Spanish Influenza was in Haskell County, Kansas. Spain just happened to have the most casualties.