A Facebook post claims a second wave of the Spanish flu killed 20 million to 50 million people, several times the first wave. That is partly false.

The first wave of the Spanish flu started to clear at the beginning of summer 1918. But by September 1918, the virus started to run rampant again.

Was there a second wave? SPANISH FLU comparisons have become commonplace during the coronavirus pandemic, ... with the first of more than 600,000 cases in the US found in soldiers.

There was a general lack of knowledge about the Spanish Flu, as scientists didn’t have the proper resources to fully understand the scope of the infection. That is the advantage we against ...

This resulted in a situation in which anyone having contracted Spanish Flu either died or became immune, slowing the spread of the virus. By the summer of 1919, the third wave was over and the ...

10 Misconceptions About the 1918 'Spanish Flu' In the pandemic of 1918, between 50 and 100 million people are thought to have died, ... The first wave of the pandemic was most lethal.

The “Spanish” flu was first found in U.S. soldiers and popped up in Europe and Asia in March of 1918. It was a form of an avian flu originating in birds. While the first wave was mild, the ...

Just like today, Americans were desperate to emerge from quarantine during the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic. But a second deadly wave of the virus was lurking.

Memories of my great-grandfather are dusty but come back into focus with surprising ease given that he died over 40 years ago. When I knew him, this German immigrant was gray-haired and in failing ...

Like the Spanish flu in 1918, ... Because the 1918 flu subsided after the first wave that spring before roaring back in the fall, it was once thought that higher summer temperatures affected it.

What's True. More people died during the 1918 flu pandemic than in all of WWI, with the majority of deaths occurring during the deadly second wave of the influenza outbreak.

Some suggest that the virus may have mutated into a deadlier strain between the first and second wave, but this remains uncertain. The post might be referring to an infamous incident that happened ...