Reply #98: Right--I was just reading newspaper articles from the period [View All]

[Ms. Clio]

Several of the articles talked about the "second wave." The epidemic lasted about three months in Texas, and it hit virtually every county in the state, not just crowded cities.

One article was titled, "Influenza Causes Loss of Many Bread Winners," because the flu killed healthy, productive, adults with good immune systems.

Another newspaper article was titled, "Was America Adequately Protected During Invasion of the Spanish Influenza" and discusses "the growing conviction" that the epidemic was "due to the laxity of the port authorities along the Eastern Seaboard." Fascinating stuff.