During the “Great War” may people died, millions in fact. But after they came back fighting there was the Spanish Flu. Many people already died in WWI, but this virus was worse. The Spanish Flu killed 2% of the population on the earth. That’s 50 million people, children,elderly, and even pets.

The Spanish Flu started in 1918, right at the end the war. It was believed to have started in Huskell County, Kansas. There are different names for this killer virus, including, H1N1, Spanish Flu,and the French Flu. Some people lived to tell the tale about the virus, but there was a small chance of living. The word pandemic came from this virus, it meant a whole country or world, in a disease.

There were a lot of bad symptoms that came from the flu. There was bone aches, drippy nose, body turning blue, and feet even turning black. Bad coughs other symptoms included a very slow recovery. Many thought wearing guazmasks would help, but it really didn’t. Surgeons and nurses would spray a vaccine down your throat to help protect you, but it didn’t cure it. They red flagged every public area every where. If you had this virus you would have to be quarantined so you didn’t get anyone else sick.

Finally this killer virus had stopped on December 9th, 1918. Over 50 million dead which was 2% of the population on earth. It killed many elderly people and that’s when it stopped. The younger people were able to fight it off. Finally after 9 months the virus was dead.