The Story
Teacher looked on at all the empty desks. There were few children left to come to school and most of them had to stay home to care for their families. The Spanish Flu was unforgiving.⠀
The History
The Spanish Flu (as it was nicknamed) ran from 1918 to 1920 and was one of the deadliest epidemics in human history. It was also one of a very few such epidemics that targeted young adults as well as the very young and old.⠀