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Reply to post: Spanish flu

Declassified and released: More secret files on US govt's emergency doomsday powers

Sunday 29th May 2022 13:19 GMT Irony Deficient

Spanish flu

It was called “Spanish flu” because it was first reported upon in the (neutral) Spanish press.

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