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(erielack) The Great Influenza

I doubt that. These viruses generally emerge in SE Asia and spread from
there. This was an avian influenza, which  develops where people and poultry
live in close proximity. I don't know how it got the name "Spanish"
influenza.

Paul B

As best as anyone can determine, the virus started in military camp in
middle
America, hitched a ride with troop movements to Europe (by train--what
else?--to the port of embarkation), and then back.


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