Spanish Flu 1918: History of the deadly pandemic and lessons on coronavirus

What was the Spanish flu, why was it so deadly – and are there any lessons in today’s world in countries trying to curb the spread of Covid-19?

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100 years ago, there was a deadly pandemic around the world in the last months of World War I: the Spanish flu killed millions of people around the world.

Channel 4 News talks with Professor Howard Phillip, Professor Nancy Bristow and Writer Laura Spinney – all of whom have learned and written about the Spanish flu crisis.

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