The Spanish flu, the deadliest pandemic in modern history

It is the deadliest pandemic in modern history. The Spanish flu claimed 50 million lives worldwide at the start of the 20th century. While the coronavirus is currently spreading around the world, the parallel with a disease that occurred a hundred years earlier is obvious.

Despite its name, it was in the United States that the first cases of Spanish influenza were recorded during the First World War. To understand the impact of this virus on healthcare systems around the world, our partner, Brut, tells you everything in video:

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