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The deadliest flu outbreak in history

Posted by / January 14, 2018

In 1918, the same year that the War to End All Wars ended, there was a flu outbreak that proved to be the deadliest in history. As this year’s flu outbreak shapes up to be among the worst in the last decade, it’s worth looking back to see what made the 1918 outbreak so bad. In short, the virus in 1918 underwent a mutation that made it harder for people to fight off than the normal flu.

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