August 1918: A second wave of the 1918-1919 global influenza pandemic began to swell, with a new & deadlier mutation striking simultaneously in France, Sierra Leone, & the United States; this flu's peculiarities began to manifest, with the highest mortality rate among previously healthy young adults, normally the most robust population; the pandemic afflicted the Entente & the Central Powers alike.
Lest we forget.
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