We Heard the Bells - 1918 Flu Pandemic Trailer

In 1918-1919, the worst flu in recorded history killed an estimated 50 million people worldwide. The U.S. death toll was 675,000 - five times the number of U.S. soldiers killed in World War I. Where did the 1918 flu come from? Why was it so lethal? What did we learn?

http://www.Flu.gov/weheardthebells

Pandemic and seasonal flu information found at http://www.Flu.gov

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• h1n1
• swine
• influenza
• spanish
• flu

[WorcesterYid]

Where is the audio-description for access for persons who are blind or vision-impaired?

[shootingstar24]

You know one of the notable survivors was Walt Disney?

[gingerNinja688]

I always feal like going in the past

[lacasini]

Such a horrible epidemic. A lot of people today don't even know it existed, so many people died they didn't have enough coffins to bury everyone. I don't know why we don't have a special holiday to remember it.

[tg54321]

Could you post the complete program (one hour?)