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The first "touch of the flu" was deadly only here and there was in the spring of 1918. The flu then later mutated into a deadly killer to kill millions of people.
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On a single day in New York, Mid October, 856 die.
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The Pandemic only lasted 15 months but in that short period of time, millions died.
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The second wave of the flu was the most lethal out of the three main ones and it killed the most people.
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One army private in Kansas complains of sore throat and fever and by the end of the day, 100 soldiers fall sick.
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Sailors stationed on the Receiving Ship fall sick.
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200,000 gather for a 4th Liberty Loan Drive in Philadelphia. Only a few days after the parade, 635 new cases of influenza were reported. Within days, the city was forced to admit that epidemic conditions exist. Churches, schools, and theaters are ordered closed, along with all other places of “public amusement.”
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By this point, the death toll in Boston is 202.
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2,000 new cases of influenza are reported in San Francisco.
