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Spanish flu: everything you wanted to know
Episode 1761

Spanish flu: everything you wanted to know

Agnes Arnold-Forster answers listener questions about the Spanish flu pandemic – from the symptoms and spread to the shocking death toll

HistoryExtra podcast · Immediate

September 9, 202332m 54s

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Show Notes

Did the Spanish flu pandemic actually begin in Spain? What were the symptoms? Is it true it killed more people than the First World War, and how similar was it to the Covid pandemic? Speaking to Lauren Good, Agnes Arnold-Forster answers listener questions about the deadly pandemic that began in 1918 for our latest Everything You Wanted to Know episode.


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