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Were called, land in france. that's when the flu really exploded. >> looking back, historians can trace the spread of the flu to the movement of troops? >> absolutely. and the port in france, where most of the american troops landed, became like a ground zero for the spread of this. and the speed with which it spread was breathtaking. the reason why what would have been a localized epidemic perhaps became truly a worldwide pandemic was because the war was going on. millions of soldiers going from the united states to europe carrying the infection. >> this would turn out to be just the first wa...

What he called an influenza of severe type to the u.s. public health service. the virus quickly spread. historian and author john barry says it was traced to other army camps where it flourished among the men housed in close quarters and also spread on to troop trips heading to europe. >> roughly half the military camps did have significant outbreaks. and according to nobel laureate who sfent most of his life studying influenza, you could follow the disease with american troops crossing the ocean and arriving in france. ♪ >> over there, that was what everyone was singing. ♪ the yanks are c...

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September 1918. world war i, the great war, is in its final months. but the second wave of the influenza is just beginning. and now it's spreading faster, and it's far more deadly. historian john barry says the virus may have mutated into a new strain. >> the 1918 virus combined to cells in the upper respiratory tract that made it easily transmissible. but it could also bind to cells deep in the lung. many reports of people dying 24 hours after the first symptoms appeared. some of the symptoms could be very unusual and very frightening. >> whether it was a new strain or a new virus altogether,...

Unprecedented in recognizable history. it was a pandemic that gripped the planet. it was truly an enormously devastating pandemic. >> in 1918, the cdc didn't exist, and there were no requirements for doctors to report flu outbreaks to any officials, but by the end of march, the cases in kansas were so unusual, a local doctor decided to report what he called an influenza of severe type to the u.s. public health service. the virus quickly spread. historian and author john barry said it was traced to other army camps where it flourished to men held in close quarters. it also spread on troop ships...