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"Eat More Onions." What worked and what didn't work during the 1918 Spanish Flu.

"Eat More Onions." What worked and what didn't work during the 1918 Spanish Flu.

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Brenda Elthon
Mar 24, 2020
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The Flu came to Colorado in late September 1918 in the bodies of young Montana recruits destined for special military training camps in Boulder and Colorado Springs. Within a week, the Flu had swept through both towns and seeped into greater Colorado.

“The ‘Flu’ Is After Us.” Gunnison News-Champion

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