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Spanish flu

Noun

Meaning

Spanish flu (uncountable)

(pathology) Alternative form of Spanish influenza

Spanish Flu (uncountable)

Alternative letter-case form of Spanish flu

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

The worst pandemic in modern history was the Spanish flu of 1918, which killed tens of millions of people. Today, with how interconnected the world is, it would spread faster. Bill Gates

A 101-year-old woman in Italy, who lived through the Spanish Flu and the second World War, tested positive for for the third time in the last one year. Source: Internet

Across the world, an estimated 50 to 100 million people would die from the Spanish flu or resulting pneumonia.” Source: Internet

According to him Covid-19 has a potential to wipe thousands just like the Spanish Flu of 1918 which killed many when people thought it had been eradicated. Source: Internet

And in Vancouver, the boxer Tommy Burns was hospitalised having been struck by Spanish Flu “in its most virulent form”. Source: Internet

Big crowds – as studies have revealed is the case with Covid-19 – were the catalyst for the spread of Spanish Flu. Source: Internet

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