In 1918, no one had a vaccine, treatment or cure for the great flu pandemic as it ravaged the world and killed more than 50 million people. “The immune system was throwing every weapon it had at the virus,” Barry said. The Spanish flu could just as easily have been called the US Army or US Navy flu instead. Conspiracy theorists have blamed COVID-19 on the development of 5G networks, just as they say radio waves caused the 1918 flu. It was the last lashing by the Spanish flu, and a less lethal one.

Source: Manila Times May 05, 2020 09:43 UTC