Why You Wouldn't Have Wanted the Flu in 1918  - Our American Stories

On this episode of Our American Stories, Today, getting the flu (for most people) means a few days on the couch—or in the worst case—a visit to the hospital. In 1918, however, it was a potential death sentence, and the treatments might have been even worse. Dr. Jeremy Brown, author of Influenza: The Hundred-Year Hunt to Cure the Deadliest Disease in History, tells the story at the U.S. National Archives back in 2019 of how we went from bloodletting—to a few days in bed.  

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