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First report
Army private at Fort Riley reports to the camp hospital complaining of fever, sore throat, and headache. Before the day is over, over 100 soldiers fall sick -
Warning issued by Public health officials
Public health officials in Philadelphia issue a warning about what they call the “Spanish influenza” -
more sailors report being sick
Over 60 sailors report to the sick bay with cold symptoms -
sailors start to become sick
Sailors stationed aboard the Receiving Ship at Commonwealth Pier in Boston begin reporting to the sick bay with cold symptoms -
report from Dr. Victor Vaughn
hundreds of young stalwart men in uniform coming into the wards of the hospital. Every bed was full, yet others crowded in. The faces wore a bluish cast; a cough brought up the blood-stained sputum. In the morning, the dead bodies are stacked about the morgue like cordwood. That day, 63 men die of influenza. -
Epidemic Reported
Massachusetts Department of Health informs local newspapers that they are dealing with an epidemic -
Edward Wagner Falls
This flies in the face of San Francisco public health officials who had played down the threat of the flu to the public -
Gathering
200,00 people gathered together for a loan drive in Philadelphia. Within a few days over 600 new cases were reported. The city was forced to close schools parks theaters and other places for the public -
Death Toll Rises
202 dead in Boston. The Liberty Bond parades are cancelled as well as all sporting events. The stock market goes on half-days -
Flue Reaches Washington
The flue hit Seattle with 700 cases and one death At the University of Washington Naval training camp -
Philly Reports Death toll
Philadelphia records 289 influenza-related deaths in a single day -
New Mexico Hit
New Mexico had remained safe up until this point reports its first case -
First death in new mexico
Just days after being reported in new mexico the first flue related death is reported -
New York Reports Death Toll
In a single day, 851 New Yorkers die The death rate in Philly was also was 700 times the average for a week -
First Vaccine
Dr. C.Y. White announces he has developed a preventative vaccine. More than 10,000 complete series of inoculations were sent to the Philadelphia Board of Health -
Mandatory Masks
Mandatory Face mask in Seattle -
Mandatory Masks
Masks become mandatory for the entire state of Washington -
Halloween canceled
Most of the united states did not participate in Halloween this year. October was also the deadliest month of the epidemic killing 195,000 Americans -
News world print
News world print puts out suggestions to avoid the flue -
world war one
World War One comes to a end but celebrations are weighed down -
New Mexico
over 5,000 people have died in mexico by now -
Face masks removed
Sirens sounded in San Francisco telling people it was safe to remove their mask -
Seattle
Seattle announces it is safe to remove masks and re opens their schools -
no deaths in over a month
This was the first month that had no reports of the flu -
Total Death Count estimated
It is estimated that 21.5 million people died during the 1918 epidemic
