oct 17, 1918 - Spanish Flu Vaccine? Not So Much

Description:

On the 17th of October William Park created what he thought could be a vaccine for the Spanish Flu epidemic going on. Unfortunately after administering the vaccine on the 19th, it was found to be ineffective.

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Disease Through History: Important Points in Human Civilization As Told Through Illness

ByReiko C Usami

14 Dec 2018

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Date:

oct 17, 1918

Now

~ 107 years ago