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Albert Gitchell, a U.S. Army cook at Camp Funston in Kansas
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American troops bring the contagion with them across the Atlantic, spreading the flu quickly through England, France, Spain, and Italy.
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Although this H1N1 strain did not originate in Spain, Spanish journalists were the neutral country reporting on the outbreak. Other European countries refrained from reporting the outbreak to mitigate information harmful to the war effort.
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This new deadlier strain now has the ability to kill healthy young individuals within 24 hours
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New flu strain continues to spread around war-torn Afro-Eurasia and the United States
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Spanish Flu spreads in the crowded conditions of the industrial war complex in Europe back into the United States and Africa
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-Salt Lake City Board of Heath meet to discuss options
-Board estimates 8-10 members of the same family infected
-family traveled to Utah State Fair from Wyoming
-Board requests schools closed in Coalville
[https://www.influenzaarchive.org/cities/city-saltlakecity.html#(http://www.timetoast.com) -
-Dozens of new cases reported with a handful of deaths
-Mayor of Coalville and family infected -
-Board of Health closes all churches and Sunday schools, public schools and universities, theaters, movie houses, public meetings, pool halls, dance halls and private dances, and prohibited public gatherings of all kinds
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-Judge Mercy Hospital dedicated to treating flu patients
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-no soldiers allowed out and no civilians allowed in
-exceptions for deliveries and family of ill soldiers -
-over 100 new infections on 10/18 alone
-increasing numbers of children and young adults infected
-increased death toll -
-Health Board recommends all citizens wear face masks
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-Flu infections level out in Salt Lake City
-other cities to the north experience some infection increase
-Salt Lake City and Utah level out -
-infections decrease in December, schools begin to reopen
-infections in Salt Lake City total 10,268, with 576 deaths from influenza or pneumonia
