“Between the first case recorded on 4 March 1918, and the last sometime in March 1920, it killed 50–100 million people, or between 2.5 and 5 per cent of the global population–a range that reflects the uncertainty that still surrounds it.” — Laura Spinney Copy Share Image
“It had long been assumed that school-age children represented ideal vectors of infection, because they are among the preferred victims of seasonal flu, they… — Laura Spinney Copy Share Image
“It was the greatest tidal wave of death since the Black Death, perhaps in the whole of human history.” — Laura Spinney Copy Share Image
“historian Alfred Crosby, who told the story of the flu in America, argued that democracy was unhelpful in a pandemic.” — Laura Spinney Copy Share Image
“The Swiss-born architect known as Le Corbusier retreated to his rooms in Paris and sipped cognac and smoked through the worst of the pandemic,… — Laura Spinney Copy Share Image
“Between the first case recorded on 4 March 1918, and the last sometime in March 1920, it killed 50–100 million people, or between 2.5… — Laura Spinney Copy Share Image
“wake. Conflict makes people hungry and anxious; it uproots them, packs them into insanitary camps and requisitions their doctors. It makes them vulnerable to… — Laura Spinney Copy Share Image
“Blue darkened to black. The black first appeared at the extremities–the hands and feet, including the nails–stole up the limbs and eventually infused the… — Laura Spinney Copy Share Image
