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The Spanish Flu first began in 1918 and was discovered in Fort Riley Kansas
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The 1918 Flu pandemic virus kills 195,000 Americans during October alone
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Between September & November a second wave of the flue peaksss in the United States
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A third wave of the flu occurs in the winter and spring killing many more Americans .
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Although there were attempts at vaccination during the pandemic Flu vaccines in the U.S began in the 1940’s. The first approved vaccine was during WW2
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the government in Wuhan, China, confirmed that health authorities were treating dozens of cases.
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the first known death from an illness caused by the virus, which had infected dozens of people.
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Authorities announced that a patient near Seattle had died from the coronavirus, in what was believed to be the first coronavirus death in the United States at the time.
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The C.D.C. advised no gatherings of 50 or more people in the United States over the next eight weeks.
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As of today May 18th there have been 100,012 deaths globally
