In 1918-1919, the worst flu in recorded history occurred, killing approximately 50 million people worldwide. The death toll in the United States was 675,000, five times the number of American soldiers killed in World War I. Crazy! This flu was different from all the others and the infected were different from all the others. Not to mention, the progression of this disease has been extremely rapid. One minute you're fine and the next minute you're suffering from a high fever and on your deathbed. Unlike the influenza virus that many are familiar with today, this form of the virus targeted - and killed - the young and healthy. This was an interesting fact to me since it is more common for viruses to affect the elderly, pregnant women, children under five or those suffering from chronic conditions. Even though they mentioned in the video that pregnant women died just as quickly as young, healthy ones. The thing that struck me was that they said they weren't sure why pregnant women were dying as quickly. Using what I learned during my semesters in college, it seems to me that these women were dying with age '90...