The 1918 -1919 pandemic originated most likely in Kansas, USA. Early March 1918 an outbreak of an unknown illness was recorded in fort Riley, Funston, Kansas. Remember the place and the time.

By late spring/ early summer the illness has spread but was generally mild and almost unnoticed by the public. The US had mobilized troops to join WWI in Europe and a lot of illness spread to a lot of places. For the USA the mortality curve looks something like this

It was the second peak in October that was much more deadly than the first one. An interesting theory is, this was caused by a drug from #Bayer. In 1918 it was heavily advertised and the US Surgeon General recommended a regime of aspirin on 9/15, repeated by the American medical

assocoation on 10/5, for a dosis that we now know is toxic. #Salicylate poisoning is well documented to lead to pulmonary edema and decreased O2 in the blood. The lungs become vulnerable to bacterial pneumonia. #Asperin sales more than doubled in 1918.

Let's jump to the study perfomed in 2008, where our well known Dr #Fauci (CDC,USA and formed head of Covid19 taskforce) was one of the co-authors.They examined autopsy reports, pathological and bacteriological data and concluded the vast