An Article about the 1918 Influeza Pandemic..

[Stuart G]

The 1918 influenza pandemic was the most severe pandemic in recent history. It was caused by an H1N1 virus with genes of avian origin. Although there is not universal consensus regarding where the virus originated, it spread worldwide during 1918-1919. In the United States, it was first identified in military personnel in spring 1918. It is estimated that about 500 million people or one-third of the world’s population became infected with this virus. The number of deaths was estimated to be at least 50 million worldwide with about 675,000 occurring in the United States.

https://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-resources/1918-commemoration/1918-pandemic-history.htm

another link, different source,(stanford.edu/uda ) (different article)

https://virus.stanford.edu/uda/

[StClone]

1. It may have originated in Kansas

The debate was never resolved. I have read enough to see (and I am actually leaning towards) Kansas's mixed farming circa 1918 being the incubator for the 1918 H1N1 strain. Crying Jhina Virus, Trump seems to convey bad things come from elsewhere and attack us. In fact, like Trumpism, the 1918 Pandemic and Swine Flu may have domestic (or at least N. American) origins.