nov 28, 1889 - RUSSIAN FLU

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-Fall 1889, St. Petersburg Russia
-Transcontinental spread via railroads
-No idea what the cause was at the time
-Suspect H2N2 variant of influenza now
-Hundreds of millions sick
-Maybe killed 1 mil people
-Mortality rate <1%
-Hysteria caused by telegrams

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