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1918: The Spanish Flu

1918: The Spanish Flu

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Status

Released

Release Date

Mar 3, 2022

Genres

Documentary

User Score

52%

Original Title

1918: La gripe española

Director

Alberto Esteban

Description

In Spain, the worst known pandemic decimated the population, with 80% mortality among children. Spain was half empty. There are documents from the time that give us testimony, but why do we hardly know anything about this "Spanish flu"? Surely his study and knowledge would have helped us correct errors in later pandemics.