The massive mortality due to the influenza epidemic in 1918 and 1919 in the United States and Europe

This graph illustrates the severity of the epidemic.

Areas of the US where the flu first erupted in the fall of 1918

The port areas saw the earliest cases of influenza which was brought over by boat. The major cities and transportation centers were next on the path. The disease disseminated across the country with the population, with a few focal areas of massive epidemic (Crosby).

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